On Sat, 11 Mar 2017 12:40:16 -0000, MJC wrote:

In article ,
says...

On Fri, 10 Mar 2017 21:11:57 -0000, MJC
wrote:

One ohm is brown, black, gold.

Zero ohm should be black, black, any.

Are you saying that approximately zero is good enough?

I'm not sure I understand your question, but the third band is the
multiplier, and since the two first bands are zero, you can multiply
with anything you like. So, black, black, white would still be zero.

Now that I think about it, one ohm could also be black, brown, black.

Yes, see the point; I went off half-cock (approx) thinking the "any" was
tolerance. I suppose a minus power of ten multiplier would be good, too
(I forget the colours)...

Mike.

And here it's Brown - Black - Gold.
http://www.hobby-hour.com/electronic...-resistors.php

Seems like this is a common misconception....