Digi
tA
Digi
tB
Multipli
er D
Black
Brown
Red
0
1
2
0
1
2
x1
x10
x100
Orange
Yellow
Green
3
4
5
3
4
5
Blue
x1,000
x10,000
x100,00
0
x1,000,0
00
Violet
Grey
7
8
7
8
White
Gold
Silver
Toleran
ce
(T) >
10pf
20%
1%
2%
3%
4%
5%
Toleran
ce
(T) <
10pf
2.0pF
0.1pF
0.25pF
0.5pF
Temperatur
e
Coefficient
(TC)
-3310-6
-7510-6
-15010-6
-22010-6
-33010-6
-47010-6
-75010-6
x0.01
x0.1
x0.1
x0.01
+80%,20%
10%
5%
10%
1.0pF
Band
Colour
Black
Brown
Red
Orange
Yellow
Green
Blue
Violet
Grey
White
Gold
Silver
4
6
10
15
20
25
35
50
3
Type K
100
Type L
Type M
10
200
300
400
500
600
700
800
900
1000
2000
100
250
1.6
4
40
6.3
16
400
630
25
2.5
Type N
10
35
6
15
20
25
3
The Capacitor Colour Code system was used for many years on unpolarised
polyester and mica moulded capacitors. This system of colour coding is now
obsolete but there are still many old capacitors around. Nowadays, Small
Capacitors such as film or disk types conform to the BS1852 Standard and its new
replacement, BS EN 60062, were the colours have been replaced by a letter or
number coded system.
Generally the code consists of 2 or 3 numbers and an optional tolerance
letter code to identify the tolerance. Where a two number code is used the value of
the capacitor only is given in picofarads, for example, 47 = 47 pF and 100 = 100pF
etc. A three letter code consists of the two value digits and a multiplier much like
the resistor colour codes in the resistors section.
For example, the digits 471 = 47*10 = 470pF. Three digit codes are often
accompanied by an additional tolerance letter code as given below.
B
C <10pF
0. 0.2
pF
1
5
C >10pF
%
Consider the capacitor below:
Tolera
nce
0.
5
0.
5
10
2
0
+80-20
The capacitor on the left is of a ceramic disc type capacitor that has the code
473J printed onto its body. Then the 4 = 1st digit, the 7 = 2nd digit, the 3 is the
multiplier in pico-Farads, pF and the letter J is the tolerance and this translates to:
47pF * 1,000 (3 zeros) = 47,000 pF , 47nF or 0.047 uF
the J indicates a tolerance of +/- 5%
Then by just using numbers and letters as codes on the body of the capacitor
we can easily determine the value of its capacitance either in Pico-farads, Nanofarads or Micro-farads and a list of these international codes is given in the
following table along with their equivalent capacitances.
Nanofa
rad
(nF)
0.01
0.015
Code
0.1
0.12
0.13
0.15
0.18
0.22
0.33
0.47
0.56
0.68
0.75
0.82
1.0
Microfa
rad
(uF)
0.00001
0.00001
5
0.00002
2
0.00003
3
0.00004
7
0.0001
0.00012
0.00013
0.00015
0.00018
0.00022
0.00033
0.00047
0.00056
0.00068
0.00075
0.00082
0.001
22
0.022
33
0.033
47
0.047
100
120
130
150
180
220
330
470
560
680
750
820
1000
Nanofa
rad
(nF)
4.7
5.0
Microfa
rad
(uF)
0.0047
0.005
Code
100
150
Picofar
ad
(pF)
4700
5000
220
5600
5.6
0.0056
562
330
6800
6.8
0.0068
682
470
10000
10
0.01
103
101
121
131
151
181
221
331
471
561
681
751
821
102
15000
22000
33000
47000
68000
100000
150000
200000
220000
330000
470000
680000
100000
0
150000
0
200000
0
220000
0
330000
0
15
22
33
47
68
100
150
200
220
330
470
680
1000
0.015
0.022
0.033
0.047
0.068
0.1
0.15
0.2
0.22
0.33
0.47
0.68
1.0
153
223
333
473
683
104
154
254
224
334
474
684
105
1500
1.5
0.0015
152
1500
1.5
155
2000
2.0
0.002
202
2000
2.0
205
2200
2.2
0.0022
222
2200
2.2
225
3300
3.3
0.0033
332
3300
3.3
335
472
502
Type of
diode
Repetitive
peak reverse
voltage V
rrm
Average
forward
current Vr
Forward
voltage Vf
Reverse
current - Ir
1N
4001
50V
1A
1.1
V
10
uA
1N
100
1A 1.1V 10uA
4002
V
1N
200
1A 1.1V 10uA
4003
V
1N
400
1A 1.1V 10uA
4004
V
1N
600
1A 1.1V 10uA
4005
V
1N
1000 1A 1.1V 10uA
4007
V
So a suitable option is a rectifier diode 1N4007. Usually a silicon diode has a
Forward
voltage drop of 0.6 V. The current rating (Forward current) of rectifier diodes also
vary.
Most of the general purpose rectifier diodes in the 1N series have 1 ampere current
rating.