How to remebr resistor colour codes easily ?
Resistor colour codes
Resistor values are encoded as colour codes . Here we are talking about 3 band resistor col0ur coding system and how to remember it easily . The colour coding system is as below
The number starts from 0 and ends at 9 . Lets take the first letter of each colour
B B R O Y G B V G W ( 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ) . Here is an easy way to remember it
” B.B ROY Of Great Britain had a Very Good Wife”
Example:
The 1st and 2nd band is the number and the third one is the multiplier for 10 ( if its 3 => 10 raised to 3 or 10^3 ) . And the third band is for tolerance
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ResiStor values are encoded as colOur codes . Here we are talking about 3 band resistor col0ur coding system and how to remeMber it easily . The colOur coding system is as below
Here is an easy way to remEMber it
The 1st and 2nd band is the number and the third one is the multiplier for 10 ( if its 3 => 10 raised to 3 or 10^3 ) . And the thirD band is for tolerence