DEPART MENT OF TECHNIUCALEDUCATION

ANDHRA PRADESH

Name : P.S.R. Muralidhar

Designation : Sr. Lecturer in ECE
Branch : Electronics & Comm. Engineering
Institute : G.M.R. Polytechnic, Gajwel
Semester : I Year
Subject : Electronic Components & Devices
Sub. Code : EC-105
Topic : Resistors
Duration : 50min
Sub Topic : Preferred values in resistors
Teaching aids : Diagrams, animations

EC105.4 1
Objectives

On completion of this period, you would be

able to know about

• Preferred values in Resistors.

EC105.4 2
Recap

We see Resistors of different values

Is a 10 Ω Resistor available ?
• Yes

Is a 25 Ω Resistor available ?
• No

So Resistors of all values are not available

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 Preferred values in Resistors

What is meant by Preferred values in Resistors ?

• The resistance values of commercially available

resistors.

• The electronic industry specified some preferred values

to be manufactured at different wattages.

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 Why only certain value Resistors available?

• Not possible to manufacture all values of Resistors from

1Ω to several MΩ.

• Not possible to adjust every Resistor to an exact value.

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Why only certain value Resistors available?

Only certain values of Resistors are made in each

Tolerance range

Usual Tolerance ranges are

5%, 10%, 20%

Precision Resistors may have Tolerances as low

as 0.1%

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Why only certain value Resistors available?

A 100 Ω Resistor with 20% tolerance may have

any value from 80 Ω to 120 Ω

A 100 Ω Resistor with 0.1% tolerance will have a

value between 99.9 Ω to 100.1 Ω.

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Commercially available Preferred
values of Resistors

Tolerance Preferred values ( in Ω )

5% 10,11,12,13,15,16,18,20,22,24,
27,30,33,36,39,43,47,51,56,62,
68,75,82,91,10

10% 10,12,15,18,22,27,33,39,47,56,
68,82,100

20% 10,15,22,33,47,68,100

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The above table indicates the available Resistors in
10 Ω to 100 Ω range.

Resistors with all their multiple and sub-multiple

values are also available.

Ex. 4.7 Ω, 47 Ω, 470 Ω etc. are available

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 Summary

• Resistors of all values are not available

• Only a set of Resistor values called Preferred values of

Resistors available

• Different Preferred values of Resistors are available in

different Tolerance ranges.

EC105.4 10
QUIZ
• Which of the following is preferred
value in 10% tolerance

a) 15 Ω

c) 35 Ω

e) 45 Ω

g) 65 Ω

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 Frequently asked Questions

2. What is meant by Preferred values Resistors ?

4. List some commercially available Preferred value

Resistors.

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 Assignment

• Take any 10 resistors in your laboratory and check

whether those resistors are in the preferred values or

not?

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