Is this a resistor?

Question

IT is light blue in color has in order a red stripe then there is a thicker black strip followed by a thinner black stripe and finally a brown stripe? Is this a resistor I need one for a welder and this is burned out in a circuit board. Where could I get one? I see radio shack has alot of them but no light blue ones? Thanks

The thing is probably about a half of an inch long. On the ends it is about 3/16 diameter and in the middle it narrows down a bit.

Answer 1

Yes. I think is a 200 ohm resistor.

Answer 2

I've seen metal film resistors with light bllue bodies, before. It could be a 200 Ohm resistor (probably 1/4 watt), but to be absolutely sure I'd have to see it. Like one answerer above says, it could also be an inductor.

If you can get hold of a multi-meter you could measure it. Select "Ohms" or "Resistance" on the meter with a scale of 200, or 1000 (something greater than 200) and measure the resistor. If it reads '200' then it is a 200 Ohm resistor. If it measures near zero Ohms then it is an inductor.

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Answer 3

Color code is:
black=0
brown=1
red= 2
orange= 3
yellow=4
green=5
blue = 6
violet=7
grey=8
white=9

First two bands are value
third band is multiplier (10^x)
A fourth band of silver or gold gives precision.

eg yellow violet orange silver
4 7 1000(10^3) 5%

Resistor = 47k ohms = 47000ohms

Answer 4

Light blue doesn't sound like a resistor at all, if it has stripes. Let us know how long this thing is.

Answer 5

Light blue is most likely an inductor, NOT a resistor. Very different things.

Answer 6

if this is a resistor then
red is 2
black is 0
black is x1
brown is ±1%
so 20 ohm at ± 1% tolerance

Answer 7

Whatever it is (difficult to tell without seeing it) it was probably fried by something else failing. Replacing it alone will just result in another fry up.