How To Deal With Cheap Blue 5-Band Resistor Colour Codes

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3 жыл бұрын

I dont bother reading the colour codes. Its near on impossible with these cheap resistors. If you can use a multi-meter. If thats not an option, try look for gold/silver first then from there, just guess your way using the colour code chart or the apps.
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@dalskiBo 2 ай бұрын

Great tip - thanks dude

@mike_zoni 2 жыл бұрын

Im VERY new to all of this and I have these 5 band resistors. I understand how to read them but when there's 5 bands and none of the ends are metallic, with no gap, I don't know I'm supposed to know. This is so frustrating but I'm glad Im not the only person confused

@HamedAdefuwa 2 жыл бұрын

Yeah you're really not. Personally I just use a multimeter. it's saved me time and eye strain. On these cheap resistors, it's super hard to figure out.

@cros108 2 жыл бұрын

I've got exactly the same issue, glad to see I'm not alone lol

@DavidWTube 6 ай бұрын

I have a box of resistors and a chart to identify the bands. The 4 bands are easy, but these 5 bands are impossible to tell the direction.

@GravityOfLife 8 күн бұрын

same problem here. I even got a this strange blue resistor that starts with black followed by red,violet, silver and brown. This one got opened and I don't know what's the value .