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marked bands of red,yellow,yellow,gold, silver.


the third yellow band implies

Read your post. red, yellow,yellow,gold, silver. What third yellow
band?
If you're talking about the gold, that'd be the multiplier on a 5-band
resistor, or 10E-1. Silver is tolerance.


I read it as 24.4 at 10% tolerance, so 21.96-26.84.

Dave S.



alright correction , putting in an apostrophe or two
for
the third yellow band
read
the third, yellow band,

it still does not explain the tolerance illogicality
Why and how would anyone stock a 3/5 band range of resistors which are
only
10 percent tolerance?


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We call those commas, not apostrophes, in the U.S., but I understood
your phrasing the first time. I agree that a precision resistor with a
10% tolerance makes no sense. I'd make it 240K. Fifth band is sometimes
used for reliability (i.e. MTBF) AIUI.

But why a 2W 240K resistor in something that is unlikely ever to have more
than 350V across it.
I've not taken apart yet so it may well never see any high voltages.


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