Resistors 101

Answers to Examples

Smaller (1/4 and 1/2 watt) Resistors

R1		Yellow Violet Brown Red 4 7 1 × 102 = 47100 Ω (47.1 KΩ)
R2		Brown Black Yellow Silver 1 0 × 104 (10%) = 100000 Ω (100 KΩ)
R3		Yellow Violet Red Gold 4 7 × 102 (5%) = 4700 Ω (4.7 KΩ)
R4		Green Brown Red Gold 5 1 × 102 (5%) = 5100 Ω (5.1 KΩ)
R5		Brown Black Orange Gold 1 0 × 103 (5%) = 10000 Ω (10 KΩ)
R6		Brown Green Orange Red 1 5 3 × 102 = 15300 Ω (15.3 KΩ)
R7		8 0 6 1 8 0 6 × 101 = 8060 Ω (8.06 KΩ)

Larger (1 watt and up) Resistors

PR1

Orange Green Blue Silver 3 5 × 106 (10%) = 35000000Ω (35 MΩ)

PR2		Red Violet Black Gold 2 7 × 100 (5%) = 27 Ω
PR3		Green Blue Red Silver 5 6 × 102 (10%) = 5600 Ω (5.6 KΩ)
PR4		Orange Orange Orange Silver 3 3 × 103 (10%) = 33000 Ω (33 KΩ)
PR5		Red Black Orange Gold Yellow 2 0 × 103 (5%) = 20000 Ω (20 KΩ) This is one of the wierdos I warned you about - ignore the yellow band
PR6		Red Red Gold Gold 2 2 × 10-2 (5%) = .22 Ω
PR7		Orange Black Black Gold 3 0 × 100 (5%) = 30 Ω
PR8		Brown Black Gold Gold 1 0 × 10-2 (5%) = .1 Ω