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Ohm Bands

SMD code 18B — 15 Ω

A surface-mount resistor has no bands. This one is an EIA-96 marking: code 18 is 1.5 in the E96 series, B multiplies by 10. Parts marked this way are usually ±1%.

18B

reads as

15 Ω

The same part, in bands

The through-hole version of 15 Ω carries 4 colour bands instead.

15×1±5%
Brown1Green5Black×1Gold±5%

Everything about 15 Ω — power ratings, what ten cost, what is in stock.

Same value, other markings

15 Ω is printed several ways depending on the part's precision and size. A board can carry all of them at once.

How much it can take

Across itDissipatedSmallest package that copes
5 V1.67 W5 W
12 V9.6 Wno standard part — needs a power resistor or a heatsink

What you can actually get

Parts made

197

at this value

Ten pieces

$4.92

not the reel price

Common packages

0603 · 1206 · 0805 · 0402

Codes you will mistake it for

One character apart from 18B. On a 0402 part these are a fraction of a millimetre of printing — worth a second look before you solder.