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ENGR 101 The Resistor Color Code Digit Color Mnemonic Mult. # of Zeros black 0 bold 1 0 1 brown beautiful 10 1 red 2 roses 100 2 3 orange occupy 1,000 3 4 yellow your 10,000 4 green 5 garden 100,000 5 blue 6 but 1,000,000 6 7 violet violets 10,000,000 7 gray 8 grow 9 white wild silver 0.01 -2 gold 0.1 -1 Introduction to Electrical Engineering Session 2 Outline Measuring Resistance Measuring Voltage Measuring Current Measuring Resistance 1.00% 2.00% 0.50% 0.25% 0.10% 0.05% 10.00% 5.00% 1st digit tolerance 2nd digit multiplier 2, 5, and 10% tolearnce resistors have 4 bands as shown. 1% and smaller have 5 bands with 3 digits before the mult. 20% resistors have no tolerance band. 2 Measuring Resistance An ohmmeter is used to measure a resistance. Resistor Ohmmeter Make sure that the multimeter is configured as an ohmmeter. Tol. Ω Never try to measure the resistance of a resistor in a live circuit. (At best you'll get an incorrect reading, at worst you'll damage the meter.) Don't try to measure the resistance of a resistor while it is connected in a dead circuit. (You can possibly get an incorrect reading.) Disconnect at least one side of the resistor. 3 4 Measuring Voltage Measuring Voltage Resistor A voltmeter is used to measure voltage. + Battery - Voltage is always measured between two points (across a voltage supply or resistor or between any two points in a circuit). VAB red Resistor + - B black Voltage measurements do not require that any component in the circuit be disconnected. Voltmeter A Make sure that the multimeter is configured as either a DC or AC voltmeter. Voltmeters act like open circuits (large resistances). 5 6 Measuring Current Measuring Current Resistor An ammeter is used to measure current. Make sure that the multimeter is configured as either a DC or AC ammeter. + Battery - Current is always measured at a single point. Current measurements require that the circuit be broken at a point in order to insert the ammeter. Resistor 7 I red + Current Direction An ammeter acts like a short circuit (very small resistance). Never place an ammeter directly between the terminals of a voltage source. Ammeter - black 8