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Resistance Calculation (Color Coding and Using DMM)

There are two main ways to determine the resistance value of a resistor: 1. Reading the color bands on the resistor body, with 5-band and 4-band resistors using different color combinations to represent numbers and multipliers. 2. Using a digital multimeter (DMM) to directly measure the resistance. Resistors have between 4 and 6 color bands that must be read carefully, with the first 2-3 bands representing single digits and the multiplier, and the last band indicating tolerance. An example is provided to demonstrate how to interpret the color bands and calculate the resistance value.

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Resistance Calculation (Color Coding and Using DMM)

There are two main ways to determine the resistance value of a resistor: 1. Reading the color bands on the resistor body, with 5-band and 4-band resistors using different color combinations to represent numbers and multipliers. 2. Using a digital multimeter (DMM) to directly measure the resistance. Resistors have between 4 and 6 color bands that must be read carefully, with the first 2-3 bands representing single digits and the multiplier, and the last band indicating tolerance. An example is provided to demonstrate how to interpret the color bands and calculate the resistance value.

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Resistance Calculation (Color Coding and Using DMM)

There are two ways to find the resistance value of a resistor. The color bands on the body of the resistor
tell how much resistance it has. As shown in the following diagrams figure (1), there are 5-band resistors
and 4-band resistors. Form both 5- and 4-band resistors, the last band indicates tolerance in table (1).
Consult with the “Resistor Tolerance” in table (2) chart for finding the tolerance value.

There are typically between 4 bans and 6 bands on a resistor. You must be very
careful when reading them because after a long day working some colors can
start to blend.

The first 2-3 bands represent single digits, there will then be a band representing
the multiplier, a space, and then a tolerance band. On some occasions there will
be a temperature coefficient band at the end.

The easiest way to learn to read it is to imagine writing the numbers down on
paper

for example, say we have a resistor with the following colored bands : BROWN,
GREEN, RED, GOLD

This would represent the following:

BROWN - GREEN - RED - GOLD


1 5 X100 +/-5%

so it is simply 15 x 100 +/- 5%

so you would be holding a 1500 ohm resistor with a 5% tolerance (meaning the
resistor value can actually be anywhere between 1425 and 1575)

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