LegendPanda
- May 14, 2014
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Hello, I just bought 165 resistors of different resistances and tolerances each having 5 bands. I was wondering how can I read a resistor that has all its bands spread evenly, ie. violet - green - black - red - brown? If you read them from left to right, you get 75k Ohms and 1% tolerance, what if I rotate the resistor by 180degrees and I have the bands from right to left?
Why can 4th band only be black, brown, red, orange, yellow, gold and silver while almost all bands have multipliers and 5th band only be brown, red, gold and silver while many other colours have tolerances as well? Violet for example has 0.1% tolerance, why can't it be on band 5?
Thank you.
Why can 4th band only be black, brown, red, orange, yellow, gold and silver while almost all bands have multipliers and 5th band only be brown, red, gold and silver while many other colours have tolerances as well? Violet for example has 0.1% tolerance, why can't it be on band 5?
Thank you.
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