5-BAND
RESISTOR VALUES
MADE EASY
1% & 2%
(including 0.5%, 0.25%, 0.1% 0.05%,)

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Surface Mount identification
 





Reading 5-band resistors:

5-band resistors are easy to read if you remember two simple points. The first three bands provide the digits in the answer and the 4th band supplies the number of zero's.  

Reading "STANDARD VALUES" (on 5-band resistors)
 5-band resistors are also made in "Standard Values" but will have different colours - and will be confusing if you are just starting out. For instance, a 47k 5% resistor with 4-bands will be: yellow-purple-orange-gold. For a 47k 1% resistor the colours will be yellow-purple-black-red-brown. The brown colour-band represents 1%. 
The first two colour-bands for a STANDARD VALUE in 1% or 5% will be the SAME. These two bands provide the digits in the answer. 
It's the 3rd band for a 5% resistor that is expanded into two bands in a 1% resistor. But it's easy to follow. 
For a standard value, the 3rd band in a 1% resistor is BLACK. This represents a ZERO in the answer. (For 5-band resistors BLACK represents a ZERO when in the third band. This is different to 4-band resistors where black represents the word OHMS! If the third band is BROWN, the answer will be 1).
So the 4th band has to represent one-less ZERO and is one colour UP THE COLOUR CHART!  In other words the 3rd and 4th bands (combined) on a 1% resistor produces the same number of zero's as the 3rd band on a 5% resistor! 

Resistors come in a range of values and the two most common are the E12 and E24 series. The E12 series comes in twelve values for each decade. The E24 series comes in twenty four values per decade.

E12 series - 10, 12, 15, 18, 22, 27, 33, 39, 47, 56, 68, 82

E24 series - 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 18, 20, 22, 24, 27, 30, 33, 36, 39, 43, 47, 51, 56, 62, 68, 75, 82, 91

Here is the complete list of 1%  1/4watt resistors from:
CIRCUIT SPECIALISTS. The following list covers 10 ohms (10R) to 1M.
To buy 1% resistors from Circuit Specialists, click: HERE.

 

10R
12R1
15R
18R2
22R1
27R4
30R1
33R2
36R5
39R2
47R5
49R9
51R1
56R2
68R1
75R
82R5
90R9
100R
 
121R
150R
182R
200R
221R
240R
249R
274R
301R
332R
348R
392R
402R
475R
499R
565R
604R
681R
750R
 
806R
825R
909R
1k0
1k21
1k5
1k82
2k
2k21
2k2
2k43
2k49
2k67
2k74
3k01
3k32
3k48
3k57
3k74
 
3k83
3k92
4k02
4k22
4k64
4k75
4k7
4k87
4k99
5k11
5k23
5k36
5k49
5k62
5k76
5k9
6k04
6k19
6k81
 
7k15
7k5
7k87
71k5
8k06
8k25
8k45
8k66
8k87
9k09
9k31
9k53
9k76
10k
11k
12k
12k1
12k4
13k
 
14k7
15k
15k8
16k9
17k4
17k8
18k2
20k
22k1
22k6
23k7
24k9
27k4
29k4
30k1
33k2
34k8
36k5
38k3
 
39k2
40k2
44k2
46k4
47k
47k5
49k9
51k1
53k6
56k2
61k9
68k1
69k8
75k0
82k5
90k
90k9
95k3
100k
 
121k
147k
150k
182k
200k
212k
221k
226k
249k
274k
301k
332k
357k
392k
475k
487k
499k
562k
604k
1M

Here is the list of 1% resistors from other suppliers (such as Farnell):
 

1R0
1R2
1R5
2R2
2R7
3R3
3R9
4R7
5R6
6R2
6R8
7R5
8R2
9R1
10R
11R
12R
13R
15R
16R
18R
20R
22R
24R
27R
30R
33R
36R
39R
43R
47R
51R
56R
62R
68R
75R
82R
91R
100R
110R
120R
130R
150R
160R
180R
200R
220R
240R
270R
300R
330R
360R
390R
430R
470R
510R
560R
620R
680R
750R
820R
910R
1k
1k1
1k2
1k3
1k5
1k6
1k8
2k0
2k2
2k4
2k7
3k
3k3
3k6
3k9
4k3
4k7
5k1
5k6
6k2
6k8
7k5
8k2
9k1
10k
11k
12k
13k
15k
16k
18k
20k
22k
24k
27k
30k
33k
36k
39k
43k
47k
51k
56k
62k
68k
75k
82k
91k
100k
110k
120k
130k
150k
160k
180k
200k
220k
240k
270k
300k
330k
360k
390k
430k
470k
510k
560k
620k
680k
750k
820k
910k
1M