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Ohm Bands

SMD code 400 — 40 Ω

A surface-mount resistor has no bands. This one is a three-digit marking: 40 × 10⁰. Parts marked this way are usually ±5% or ±2%.

400

reads as

40 Ω

How much it can take

Across itDissipatedSmallest package that copes
5 V625 mW2 W
12 V3.6 Wno standard part — needs a power resistor or a heatsink

What you can actually get

Parts made

3

at this value

Common packages

SMD,STANDOFF

Codes you will mistake it for

One character apart from 400. On a 0402 part these are a fraction of a millimetre of printing — worth a second look before you solder.