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    The document discusses how to read resistor color codes to determine a resistor's value. Resistors use colored bands to represent numbers, with the first band being the first number, second band the second number, third band indicating multiples of 1000, and fourth band denoting tolerance. An example is worked out showing a resistor with red, black, yellow, and silver bands representing a resistance value of 200,000 ohms with a 10% tolerance.

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    The document discusses how to read resistor color codes to determine a resistor's value. Resistors use colored bands to represent numbers, with the first band being the first number, second band the second number, third band indicating multiples of 1000, and fourth band denoting tolerance. An example is worked out showing a resistor with red, black, yellow, and silver bands representing a resistance value of 200,000 ohms with a 10% tolerance.

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    The document discusses how to read resistor color codes to determine a resistor's value. Resistors use colored bands to represent numbers, with the first band being the first number, second band the second number, third band indicating multiples of 1000, and fourth band denoting tolerance. An example is worked out showing a resistor with red, black, yellow, and silver bands representing a resistance value of 200,000 ohms with a 10% tolerance.

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    Resistor Color Code

    Or how to read those little


    resistors!
    Resistor Color Code
    1st band color gives 1st number

    2nd band color gives 2nd number

    3rd band color gives # of zeros

    4th band color gives tolerance or


    ±
    How to read it

     Resistors are color coded for easy


    reading.
     To determine the value of a given
    resistor look for the gold or silver
    tolerance band and hold the resistor
    with this band to the right.
     Then read the colored bands left to
    right.
    How to read it

     Look at the 1st color band and


    determine its color. This maybe difficult
    on small or oddly colored resistors.
    Now look at the chart and match the
    "1st & 2nd color band" color to the
    "Digit it represents". Write this
    number down.
    How to read it

     Now look at the 2nd color band and match


    that color to the same chart. Write this
    number next to the 1st Digit.
     Match the 3rd color band with the chart
    under multiplier. This is the number you will
    multiple the other 2 numbers by. Write it
    next to the other 2 numbers with a
    multiplication sign before it.
    How to read it

     Example:
     First color is red which is 2

     Second color is black which is 0

     Third color is yellow which is 10,000

     Tolerance is silver which is 10%

    Therefore the equation is:


    2 0 x 10,000 = 200,000 Ohms ±
    10%
    Resistor Color Code Chart
    1st. & 2nd Color Band Digit it Represents -----Multiplier-----
    BLACK 0 X1

    BROWN 1 X10

    RED 2 X100

    ORANGE 3 X1,000 or 1K

    YELLOW 4 X10,000 or 10K

    GREEN 5 X100,000 or 100K

    BLUE 6 X1,000,000 or 1M

    VIOLET 7 Silver is divide by 100

    GRAY 8 Gold is divide by 10


     Tolerances
     Gold= 5%
    WHITE  9
     Silver=10%
     None=20%
    How to remember the code

     Remember the color codes with this


    sentence: Big Brown Rabbits Often
    Yield Great Big Vocal Groans When
    Gingerly Slapped.
    K or M?

     Many resistors have large amounts of


    resistance, so we use prefixes to have
    a handy short name
     “k” is for kilo and means 1000 times
     “M” is for mega and means 1,000,000
    times (million)
    Practice

     If you have an
     Orange Orange Brown Gold resistor
     What is it’s resistance?
     The first orange means 3
     The second orange means 3
     The brown means 1 zero
     The gold means ± 5%
     So answer is 330 ohms ± 5%
    Now you try

     Determine the resistance of each of


    the 3 resistors you have
     Then do the Resistor Color Code
    worksheet

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