Wednesday, 28 May 2014

What does a black band at the end of a resistor mean?


I have a burned out big blueish gray resistor (probably a 1/2 or 1 watt) that I'm trying to find the value of but there is a mysterious black band at the end of the resistor where the tolerance band would be but obviously the tolerance/failure rate/temperature band cannot be black. What does it mean?


4.6mm x 15.5mm


I have confirmed colors:


Brown Black Gold Gold Black


So I think it's safe to say it's a 1 ohm, 5% tolerance. But what is that last black band!? It's driving me insane.


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Answer



revised




  • brown =1

  • black =0

  • gold = x 0.1

  • gold = 5%

  • black = non-inductive (bifilar wound WW)


is a 10x0.01= 1.0 Ohm 5% WW resistor.


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If 0.9mm body length then 1W , if more then 2 or more.



The tempco is used by some non-wirewound types and black would be 300 ppm or the highest for non WW. rated tempco. If yours is non wire wound bet this.


otherwise...


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While I’m at this again, get flame-proof if you like.


You can decide best on the colours that make sense from this example chart.


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