I have a 1947 TV and it has some resistors that have 5 color bands. I need to replace one that has white, black, black, red, and a wide white bands and another one that has white, brown, black, green, silver I am confused about new and old style markings. How do I read these? Thanks

:I have a 1947 TV and it has some resistors that have 5 color bands. I need to replace one that has white, black, black, red, and a wide white bands and another one that has white, brown, black, green, silver I am confused about new and old style markings. How do I read these? Thanks

The first three bands have corresponding number according to their color, the fourth band is a multiplier, and the fifth band is the acceptable tolerance. Here are two sites that offer calculators where you enter the color and it calculates the value. http://www.micro-ohm.com/colorcode/rescolor.html and http://www.csgnetwork.com/resistcolcalc.html The second link tells the value for each color. Here is one more link that you would find helpful http://www.elexp.com/t_resist.htm

Ron

::I have a 1947 TV and it has some resistors that have 5 color bands. I need to replace one that has white, black, black, red, and a wide white bands and another one that has white, brown, black, green, silver I am confused about new and old style markings. How do I read these? Thanks
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:The first three bands have corresponding number according to their color, the fourth band is a multiplier, and the fifth band is the acceptable tolerance. Here are two sites that offer calculators where you enter the color and it calculates the value. http://www.micro-ohm.com/colorcode/rescolor.html and http://www.csgnetwork.com/resistcolcalc.html The second link tells the value for each color. Here is one more link that you would find helpful http://www.elexp.com/t_resist.htm
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:Ron

Thanks for the web sites they are great. I do have one other question, do you read the first color band as the wide band or is it the last band? thanks

:::I have a 1947 TV and it has some resistors that have 5 color bands. I need to replace one that has white, black, black, red, and a wide white bands and another one that has white, brown, black, green, silver I am confused about new and old style markings. How do I read these? Thanks
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::The first three bands have corresponding number according to their color, the fourth band is a multiplier, and the fifth band is the acceptable tolerance. Here are two sites that offer calculators where you enter the color and it calculates the value. http://www.micro-ohm.com/colorcode/rescolor.html and http://www.csgnetwork.com/resistcolcalc.html The second link tells the value for each color. Here is one more link that you would find helpful http://www.elexp.com/t_resist.htm
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::Ron
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:Thanks for the web sites they are great. I do have one other question, do you read the first color band as the wide band or is it the last band? thanks

If I understand your question correctly, the first band is not the color of the body of the resistor. The first band is the thin band that is closest to one of the ends.