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Chapter 2 Resistor Color Codes

• Fixed resistors with value tolerances of 5% or 10% are color


coded with four bands to indicate the resistance value and the
tolerance.

Principles of Electric Circuits - Floyd © Copyright 2006 Prentice-Hall


Chapter 2 Resistor Color Codes
The color code is read as follows:
• Start with the band closest to one end of the resistor. The first band
is the first digit of the resistance value. If it is not clear which is the
banded end, start from the end that does not begin with a gold or
silver band.

• The second band is the second digit of the resistance value.

• The third band is the number of zeros following the second digit, or
the multiplier.

• The fourth band indicates the percent tolerance and is usually gold
or silver

Principles of Electric Circuits - Floyd © Copyright 2006 Prentice-Hall


Chapter 2 Resistor Color Codes
The color code is read as follows:

Principles of Electric Circuits - Floyd © Copyright 2006 Prentice-Hall


Chapter 2 Resistor Color Codes
The color code is read as follows:
• For example, a 5% tolerance means that the actual resistance
value is within +- 5% of the color-coded value. Thus, a resistor
with a tolerance of +- 5% can have an acceptable range of
values from a minimum 95 ohm of to a maximum of 105 ohm .

• For resistance values less than 10 ohm , the third band is either
gold or silver. Gold represents a multiplier of 0.1, and silver
represents 0.01

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Chapter 2 Resistor Color Codes

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Chapter 2 Five-Band Color Code
• Certain precision resistors with tolerances of 2%, 1%, or less are
generally color coded with five bands.

• The first band is the first digit of the resistance value, the second
band is the second digit, the third band is the third digit, the fourth
band is the multiplier (number of zeros after the third digit), and the
fifth band indicates the percent tolerance.

Principles of Electric Circuits - Floyd © Copyright 2006 Prentice-Hall


Chapter 2 Five-Band Color Code

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Chapter 2 Five-Band Color Code

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Chapter 1

Variable Resistor

Principles of Electric Circuits - Floyd © Copyright 2006 Prentice-Hall


Chapter 2 Variable Resistors
• Variable resistors are designed so that their resistance values can
be changed easily. Two basic uses for variable resistors are to
divide voltage and to control current.

• The variable resistor used to divide voltage is called a


potentiometer.

• The variable resistor used to control current is called a rheostat

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Chapter 1

The Electric Circuit

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Chapter 2 Direction of Current
• Electron flow direction, preferred by many in the fields of electrical
and electronics technology, assumes for analysis purposes that
current is out of the negative terminal of a voltage source, through
the circuit, and into the positive terminal of the source.

• Conventional current direction assumes for analysis purposes that


current is out of the positive terminal of a voltage source, through
the circuit, and into the negative terminal of the source.

• Since you cannot actually see current, only its effects, it actually
makes no difference which direction of current is assumed as long
as it is used consistently

Principles of Electric Circuits - Floyd © Copyright 2006 Prentice-Hall


Chapter 2 The Basic Circuit
• Basically, an electric circuit consists of a voltage source, a
load, and a path for current between the source and the load.

Principles of Electric Circuits - Floyd © Copyright 2006 Prentice-Hall

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