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Resistor colour code

\includegraphics[width=0.6\textwidth]{FIGS/resistor.ps}


Colour First Band Second Band Third Band
Black 0 0 $10^0$
Brown 1 1 $10^1$
Red 2 2 $10^2$
Orange 3 3 $10^3$
Yellow 4 4 $10^4$
Green 5 5 $10^5$
Blue 6 6 $10^6$
Violet 7 7 $10^7$
Gray 8 8 $10^8$
White 9 9 $10^9$
Gold - - $10^{-1}$
Silver - - $10^{-2}$



Fourth Band:
Silver is $\pm 10\%$ tolerance
Gold is $\pm 5\%$ tolerance
No band is $\pm 20\%$ tolerance




For example, the resistance of a resistor whose bands are red, red, red, silver is

\begin{displaymath}
22 \times 10^2 \longrightarrow 2.2  {\rm k}\Omega \pm 10\%
\end{displaymath}


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