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Capacitor Colour Codes & Identification
    
Radio & Electronics Glossary
Resistor Colour Codes
Capacitor Colour Codes
Inductor Colour Codes
Wiring Loom Colours
 		 Signal Diode Color Codes
Typical Radio Dial Pilot Lamps
VT Tube (Valve) Equivalents
CV Tube (Valve) Equivalents #2
ECU (foreign) to American Cross Reference
New Zealand Radio Spectrum
32NE0179.GIF (19255 bytes)
 
32NE0180.GIF (14597 bytes)
32NE0176.GIF (13676 bytes)
Color 1st Digit 2nd Digit Multiplier Dot Voltage
Black 0 0 x 1 10V
Brown 1 1 x 10 -
Red 2 2 x 100 -
Orange 3 3 - -
Yellow 4 4 - 6.3V
Green 5 5 - 16V
Blue 6 6 - 20V
Violet 7 7 - -
Gray 8 8 x 0.01 25V
White 9 9 x 0.1 3V
Pink - - - 35V

 Common Capacitor Working Voltages (DC), By Capacitor Type.

Ceramic Electrolytic Tantalum Mylar (Polyester) Mylar (Metal Film)
  10V 10V    
16V 16V 16V    
    20V    
25V 25V 25V    
  35V 35V    
50V 50V 50V 50V  
  63V      
100V 100V   100V  
  160V      
      200V  
  250V     250V
  350V      
      400V 400V
  450V      
600V        
        630V
1000V  

 
 

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