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Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Resistor Calculation

For those who have a hard time calculating the resistor values based on the color code, here is a simple table to make the task easier.

Color
1st Digit
2nd Digit
3rd Digit
Multiplier
Tolerance
Black
0
0
0
x1

Brown
1
1
1
x10

Red
2
2
2
x100

Orange
3
3
3
x1000

Yellow
4
4
4
x10000

Green
5
5
5
x100000

Blue
6
6
6
x1000000

Violet
7
7
7
x10000000

Gray
8
8
8
x100000000

White
9
9
9
x1000000000

Gold



x0.1
5%
Silver



x0.01
10%
None




20%