How many types of resistor color coding exists?
There are three types of resistor color coding. They have different number of color bands and hence provide different information. 6-band color code 3 digits, multiplier, tolerance, thermal coefficient 5-band color code 3 digits, multiplier, tolerance 4-band color code 2 digits, multiplier, tolerance • To read the resistors’ color code, which side of the resistor do I read from? The Gold or Silver band is always set to the right, then you read from left to right. Sometimes there will be no tolerance band, simply find the side that has a band closest to a lead and make that the first band. • Sometimes the colors are hard to make out. How do I make certain what the value of the resistor really is? Occasionally the colors are jumbled or burnt off. The only way to read it then is with a multimeter across the leads • How do I remember this sequence of colors? Remember the color codes with this sentence: Big Brown Rabbits Often Yield Great Big Vocal Groans When Gingerly Slapped. OR Praveen s
