# What is the value of this 5-band resistor

The colors are black, light green, green, red and silver (looks more like gray). I am not sure which side to start reading the values from. Both ends seem to be symmetrical.

Moreover, I have never seen light green on any color code charts. i am thinking that the manufacturer might have intended this to be yellow (but I am not sure).

I know the basic color code and have also worked with simple electronic circuits, but, this resistor got me really confused. I looked up various sites to do some research, but ended up with more questions than answers.

• My guess is either, 4.5 kohms x 0.05% (if second color is yellow) or, 5.5 kohms x 0.05% (if second color is green). – BlueKryptonite Aug 27 '19 at 23:43
• I suspect that you should be reading it the other way, since grey-red translates to 82, which is a standard value in the resistor E12 series. Can't help you with the rest though. – brhans Aug 27 '19 at 23:48
• Maybe 8.25 M$\Omega$ (gray-red-green-yellow), a standard value in E48, E96 and E192 series. Can't explain the last band, though... looks black but that doesn't make sense... could it be dark brown meaning 1% tolerance (E96), maybe? – Enric Blanco Aug 28 '19 at 0:06
• May be a bleed resistor (seems to be going to ground), and it possibly crosses a high-voltage barrier indicated by the broad white silkscreen. If so, its resistance may be high, as Enric Blanco suggests. – glen_geek Aug 28 '19 at 0:45
• Measure it. It'll be horribly inaccurate in circuit, but it'll get you into the ballpark -- especially if it's an inductor. – TimWescott Aug 28 '19 at 0:45