How to Read a Resistor 

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You forgot tk mention that no band at the end means +/- 20% tolerance

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i am a newbie and after watching a few videos i found this one the best and easiest to understand. Thank you

thanks for the refresher! been 30 years since my electronics classes and just now getting into microcontroller.

Video explains very clearly how to read resistor values and tolerances. Thank you !

_I really enjoyed the quiz at the end!_ 👍 _I paused the video, and then calculated my answer._ 🤓🧮 _I wish you would create an entire video with 20 consecutive problems._ 🙏

These all resistance value colors below: Value. Color. Multiplier (x10) Tolerance 0. Black 0 1. Brown 1 1 % 2. Red 2 2% 3. Orange 3 4. Yellow 4 5. Green 5 0.5% 6. Blue 6 0.25% 7. Purple/Violet 7 0.1% 8. Grey 8 0.05% 9. White 9 10. Gold -1 5% 11. Silver -2 10% 12. No color --- 20% For example of 4 band or 5 band color of a resistor: For 4 band color: 10 Ω with tolerance is 5% (brown - black - black - gold) 47 Ω with tolerance is 5% (yellow - purple/violet - black - gold) 560 Ω with tolerance 5% (green - blue - brown - gold) 5.100 Ω (5,1k/5K1Ω) with tolerance is 5% (green - brown - red - gold) 15.000 Ω (15kΩ) with tolerance is 5% (brown - green - orange - gold) 270.000 Ω (270kΩ) with tolerance is 5% (red - purple/violet - yellow - gold) 2.000.000 Ω (2MΩ) with tolerance is 5% (red - black - green -gold) 12.000.000 Ω (12MΩ) with tolerance is 5% (brown - red - blue - gold) 240.000.000 Ω (240MΩ) with tolerance is 5% (red - yellow - purple/violet - gold) 1.000.000.000 Ω (1GΩ) with tolerance is 5% (brown - black - grey - gold) 47.000.000.000 Ω (47GΩ) with tolerance is 5% (yellow - purple/violet - white - gold) For 5 band color: 47 Ω with tolerance is 1% (yellow - purple/violet - black - silver - brown) 390 Ω with tolerance is 2% (oramge - white - black - black - red) 2.200 Ω (2,2k/2K2Ω) with tolerance is 1% (red - red - black - brown - brown) 51.000 Ω (51kΩ) with tolerance is 1% (green - brown - black - red - brown) 470.000 Ω (470kΩ) with tolerance 2% (yellow - purple/violet - black - orange - red) 1.500.000 Ω (1,5MΩ) with tolerance is 2% (brown - green - black - yellow - red) 15.000.000 Ω (15MΩ) with tolerance is 1% (brown - green - black - green - brown) 470.000.000 Ω (470MΩ) with tolerance is 1% (yellow - purple/violet - black - blue - brown) 1.500.000.000 Ω (1,5GΩ) with tolerance is 2% (brown - green - black - purple/violet - red) 56.000.000.000 Ω (56GΩ) with tolerance is 1% (green - blue - black - grey - brown) 470.000.000.000 Ω (470GΩ) with tolerance is 2% (yellow - purple/violet - black - white - red)

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Oh my God, how I hate reading these things. Thanks for explaining it step by step! The colors on the resistors I have are all evenly spaced, so I have to start reading at the side that doesn't have a gold or silver colored band

THE MOST EASY TO UNDERSTAND VIDEO VERY CLEAR, COMPLETE

Thanks a lot .I understood those points well than reading them through my text book..❤❤❤

Great, it is precise and easier to understand. Thank you for providing the video.

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Thank u , u made me understand something my teacher couldn't teach me

It really helped me my diy circuit

thanks, now i can read any resistor simply!

Actually so helpful I bought an arduino kit and couldn’t understand this at all

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Super video for a beginner. Thanks a lot.

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explained really well in a short video

I came because all my professor does is say, "all the information is in the book" and has us read it. We're lucky he puts power points and let's us do lab at all, yes. However, he doesn't share the power point to what the college calls "shell" because he's scared of "copyright." This is an in person class mind you, sir professor.

Good video. I was a bit confused about the direction of reading a resistor most resistors I came across are evenly spaced which can it to be read in the wrong direction.

beautiful lesson

So if the multiplier is black it would stay the same right?

Thank you so much .. I fogot how to find this and now i m 100% clear about this

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I have two resisters. Both have 5 bands, no spaces, and only slightly different colors. Yet, I know one is 1K ohm and the other is 10K ohm. How do I know which is which since there is no directionality and the colors are ridiculously close to each other. One looks like brown, brown, black, black, brown. The other looks like brown, red, black, black, brown.

thank you for teaching me, can you tell me what we call impurity

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Learned all this at Ft Gordon 1983!

Taught a lot better than my teacher

Best explanation ever.

Would it not make more sense to write it on the side In manufacturing ?

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Nicely explained the Value of resistors, Thanks Engineering Technology Simulation channel 🙏🙂.

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Great vid. TYVM.

i have a few resistors on hand and this is useful thnx :)

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Great Video !!

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It’s not complicated but I need more practice, I don’t use Homs law regularly, so I can’t retain the knowledge. Great lesson.

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Thanks,now I understand it!

Most useful, thanks

about resister all information is fine thanks

How do I figure it out if resistance already burned? Can I just replace to any please help me

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Very good and easy.

Why 142 thumps down?. May be they expected some brasier bands rules to calculate the size.

Simple and Clear

How are you supposed to tell the beginning from the end?? What if you read it backwards and get something else?

Well explained...I don't understand why you've had 335 dislikes

Tysm this is helpful

I have resistors that have no space different in between. So how do i know which is the first band?

Thanks for help

1:32 - is this a joke or it actually is silver and not grey aka 10^-2, not 10^8(grey) ??

very help full

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Very understandable

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This helps me alot

JUST 1 PICTURE CAN ALREADY DESCRIBE THIS WHOLE VIDEO

hello sir i have some question's here how do we provide colour codes for resistor's like 3M6 ohms and 5.72 ohms?

Thank you

Nice Informative Video!!!!

Thank you soo much ahhh i have my practical exam tomorrow and we're forced to learn this in hs lol

Thank you sir

Good, explain.

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Thanking you for help

I’m here because I’m working on a Kawasaki ninja, and I need to be familiar with resistors for antitheft purposes

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From which country you are man

Thank you so much

Could it be with 4 bands how you calculate it please? Cheers.thks for sharing

Pls help with the last example... anyone.. How was the tolerance determined to be +/- 10%?

Can I get the resistor colour code chart pdf please