What is a 10k Resistor? 10k Ohm Resistor Color Code

What is a 10k Ohm Resistor?

The 10k resistor is a type of resistor, and we usually express its resistance value as 10kΩ (kilohms). The resistor is usually made of a rigid material which absorbs heat and prevents the circuit from overheating. These resistors are often used in electrical systems and electronic circuits, where their purpose is to control the flow of current.

10k Resistor Color Code

The resistor color ring is divided into four color ring resistors of ordinary precision and five color ring resistors of precision. The fourth color ring of the four-color ring resistor indicates the error of the resistor, where the gold color indicates its error of 5% and the silver color indicates the error of 10%. For five-color ring resistors, the fifth color ring indicates the error, where brown indicates the error of the resistor is 1%, red indicates the error of 2%, and green indicates the error of 0.5%.

The above figure is a 10kΩ four-color ring resistor, the color ring are "brown, black, orange, gold". For the four-color ring resistor, the first two color rings indicate the effective value of the resistor, the third color ring indicates the number of zeros added after the effective value, and the fourth color ring indicates the error. Here "brown, black" means the effective value of the resistor is "10", "orange" means "10" After adding 3 zeros, so the above color ring indicates that the resistance value of the resistor is 10kΩ, and the error is 5%.

The resistor shown above is 10kΩ, the error is 1% of the five color ring resistor, the color ring are "brown, black, black, red, brown".

Applications of 10k Ohm Resistor

• Limiting the flow of current

• Limit the current flow in different parts of a circuit, such as capacitors, transformers, batteries, etc.

• Suppress no-load losses in the circuit to reduce disturbances in the circuit

• Detecting temperature and light intensity, as it will control the current depending on the temperature or light intensity

• Control the lighting devices in the circuit, such as LEDs, so that the circuit can produce the correct brightness in the correct time frame