woodturner550
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1. If I have a 100 ohm resistor and it has a 5% tolerance. That means that the value can be anywhere between 97.5 Ohms and 102.5 Ohms, OR is it is it anywhere between 95 Ohms and 105 Ohms?
2. If Ihave a resistor and when I measure it with a meter and it really reads 100 Ohms. Regardless of what the color band for tolerance is, can I say that that resistor is within 1% of 100 Ohms and treat it as a 100 Ohm 1% resistor? As well as a 5% resistor and a 10% resistor because of what it really read with the meter. We are assuming that temperature is normal. This is not a trick question.
3. If I want to make a resistor array I would want all the resistors to be as close to the needed Ohms reading as possible regardless of the tolerance band.
Thanks. I hope I asked the question clearly enough.
woodturner550
2. If Ihave a resistor and when I measure it with a meter and it really reads 100 Ohms. Regardless of what the color band for tolerance is, can I say that that resistor is within 1% of 100 Ohms and treat it as a 100 Ohm 1% resistor? As well as a 5% resistor and a 10% resistor because of what it really read with the meter. We are assuming that temperature is normal. This is not a trick question.
3. If I want to make a resistor array I would want all the resistors to be as close to the needed Ohms reading as possible regardless of the tolerance band.
Thanks. I hope I asked the question clearly enough.
woodturner550