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Ohm Bands

SMD code 18E — 15 kΩ

A surface-mount resistor has no bands. This one is an EIA-96 marking: code 18 is 1.5 in the E96 series, E multiplies by 10000. Parts marked this way are usually ±1%.

18E

reads as

15 kΩ

The same part, in bands

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

15×1k±5%
Brown1Green5Orange×1,000Gold±5%

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

Same value, other markings

15 kΩ 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 mW1/8 W
12 V9.6 mW1/8 W

What you can actually get

Parts made

224

at this value

Ten pieces

$0.14

not the reel price

Common packages

0603 · 0805 · 0402 · 1206

Codes you will mistake it for

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