5 colour resistor values?

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got some resistors that have 5 colour bands

red, black, black, brown, brown =?
red, black, black, red, brown =?

what values are they? and why dont the just have the 4 colours?????

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http://www.samengstrom.com/nxl/10116/5_band_resistor_color_code_page.en.html

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Thanks as always AWOL! :wink:

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I realize that somebody must like these... but I still find them somewhat annoying. After working DIGIT-DIGIT-MULTIPLIER nomenclature for 30 years... my eyes just don't want to instantly recognize a 5-band label.

Regardless of what my eyes tell me... I always read... double check... then go "Aw Heck!" and grab the Ohm Meter.

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I still find them somewhat annoying. After working DIGIT-DIGIT-MULTIPLIER nomenclature for 30 years.

They are just DIGIT-DIGIT-DIGIT-MULTIPLIER, after all, with the last band meaning showing tolerance is a sort of sensible way... (I DO hope I never need a 0.1% resistor, though... Or that 6th band.)