Course

Code:
Course
Title:

EEE-1222
Basic Electrical Engineering
Sessional /
Electrical Circuits Sessional

Class-2
Exp: 01 Measurement of resistance using
color code
& multi-meter.

1.

Objectives:
a) To know about color code for measurement of resistance.
b) To familiar with resistor.
c) To familiar with multimeter.

2.

Introduction:
Color code: A carbon resistor is physically quite small; it is more convenient to use a
color code indicating the resistance value than to imprint the numerical value on the
case. In this scheme, there are generally four color bands A, B, C and D printed on the
body of the resistor as shown in fig1.1. The first three color bands (A, B and C) give
the value of the resistance while the fourth band (D) tells about the tolerance in
percentage.
Color Code for Resistance Values
Color Code for Tolerance
Black
0
Green 5
Gold
5%
Brown
1
Blue 6
Silver
10%
Red
2
Violet 7
No color
20%
Orange 3
Grey 8
Yellow
4
White 9
To read the resistance value, we refer to the first three color bands (A, B and C). The
first two color bands (A, B) specify the first two digits of the resistance value and the
third color band (C) gives the number of zeros that follow the first two digits. Suppose
the first three color bands (A, B and C) on the resistor are red, brown and orange
respectively. Then the value of the resistance is 21,000 .
Red
:
2
Brown
:
1
Orange :
000

The fourth band D gives the value of tolerance in percentage. If color of the fourth
band is gold, tolerance is 5% and if silver, then tolerance is 10%. If fourth band is
omitted, the tolerance is assumed to be 20%.
3.

Apparatus Required:
S.
L.
01
02
03
04

4.

Name of apparatus
Resistor
Multimeter
Bread Board
Connecting Wire

Experimental Setup / Circuit Diagram:

Rating
?,?

Quantit
y
02 Pcs
01 Pc
01 Pc
As
required

5.

6.

Experimental Data:
For
Resistor R1
1st
?
Band
2nd
?
Band
3rd
?
Band
4th
?
For
Band

For Resistor
R2
?

Value of
Resistor R1
measured by
Multimeter

?
?

Calculatio
n:

Resistor R1
For
7.

Resistor R2

Result:
For
Resistor R1

Value of
Resistor R2
measured by
Multimeter

For Resistor
R2

Experimental
Value
Calculated Value
8.

Discussion (how have you done this experiment):

9.

Conclusion: