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10 codes begin with 2.

Codes that begin with 2

For a marking with its end worn or burnt off. Each one shows its full printed code.

Precision resistor (EIA-96 code), all 0603, 2 pins.

  • EIA-96:20printed 200603

    Printed 20. Only the start matches what you typed, so this fits only if the rest of the marking is worn off.

    What it is
    Precision resistor (EIA-96 code)
    Maker
    Not recorded
    Package
    0603
    Pins
    2
    Details
    EIA-96 precision chip resistor, significand 15.8; the printed mark adds a multiplier letter (20A = 158 Ohm, 20B = 1.58 kOhm)
    Source
    Added by hand from a published table

    Is it dead?

    Ohms range, across it, power off.

    Working, it reads

    Its marked value, within tolerance. On the board it reads the same or lower, because everything around it sits in parallel.

    Dead, it reads

    • Open: burnt, cracked, or eaten through by sulphur. The commonest failure.
    • Well above its marked value: drifted high.
    • On the board, clearly higher than its marked value: it has failed, since the board can only pull a reading down.
    On the board:
    A reading lower than marked on the board proves nothing; lift one end. A reading higher than marked is a fault even on the board.
    Compare:
    The same position on another channel usually carries the same value, and so does the matching part on another board.
    Watch for:
    A burnt resistor usually means the part it feeds pulled too much. Find that before fitting a new one, or it burns too. The marking, not the reading, says what to fit.

    A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.

  • EIA-96:21printed 210603

    Printed 21. Only the start matches what you typed, so this fits only if the rest of the marking is worn off.

    What it is
    Precision resistor (EIA-96 code)
    Maker
    Not recorded
    Package
    0603
    Pins
    2
    Details
    EIA-96 precision chip resistor, significand 16.2; the printed mark adds a multiplier letter (21A = 162 Ohm, 21B = 1.62 kOhm)
    Source
    Added by hand from a published table

    Is it dead?

    Ohms range, across it, power off.

    Working, it reads

    Its marked value, within tolerance. On the board it reads the same or lower, because everything around it sits in parallel.

    Dead, it reads

    • Open: burnt, cracked, or eaten through by sulphur. The commonest failure.
    • Well above its marked value: drifted high.
    • On the board, clearly higher than its marked value: it has failed, since the board can only pull a reading down.
    On the board:
    A reading lower than marked on the board proves nothing; lift one end. A reading higher than marked is a fault even on the board.
    Compare:
    The same position on another channel usually carries the same value, and so does the matching part on another board.
    Watch for:
    A burnt resistor usually means the part it feeds pulled too much. Find that before fitting a new one, or it burns too. The marking, not the reading, says what to fit.

    A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.

  • EIA-96:22printed 220603

    Printed 22. Only the start matches what you typed, so this fits only if the rest of the marking is worn off.

    What it is
    Precision resistor (EIA-96 code)
    Maker
    Not recorded
    Package
    0603
    Pins
    2
    Details
    EIA-96 precision chip resistor, significand 16.5; the printed mark adds a multiplier letter (22A = 165 Ohm, 22B = 1.65 kOhm)
    Source
    Added by hand from a published table

    Is it dead?

    Ohms range, across it, power off.

    Working, it reads

    Its marked value, within tolerance. On the board it reads the same or lower, because everything around it sits in parallel.

    Dead, it reads

    • Open: burnt, cracked, or eaten through by sulphur. The commonest failure.
    • Well above its marked value: drifted high.
    • On the board, clearly higher than its marked value: it has failed, since the board can only pull a reading down.
    On the board:
    A reading lower than marked on the board proves nothing; lift one end. A reading higher than marked is a fault even on the board.
    Compare:
    The same position on another channel usually carries the same value, and so does the matching part on another board.
    Watch for:
    A burnt resistor usually means the part it feeds pulled too much. Find that before fitting a new one, or it burns too. The marking, not the reading, says what to fit.

    A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.

  • EIA-96:23printed 230603

    Printed 23. Only the start matches what you typed, so this fits only if the rest of the marking is worn off.

    What it is
    Precision resistor (EIA-96 code)
    Maker
    Not recorded
    Package
    0603
    Pins
    2
    Details
    EIA-96 precision chip resistor, significand 16.9; the printed mark adds a multiplier letter (23A = 169 Ohm, 23B = 1.69 kOhm)
    Source
    Added by hand from a published table

    Is it dead?

    Ohms range, across it, power off.

    Working, it reads

    Its marked value, within tolerance. On the board it reads the same or lower, because everything around it sits in parallel.

    Dead, it reads

    • Open: burnt, cracked, or eaten through by sulphur. The commonest failure.
    • Well above its marked value: drifted high.
    • On the board, clearly higher than its marked value: it has failed, since the board can only pull a reading down.
    On the board:
    A reading lower than marked on the board proves nothing; lift one end. A reading higher than marked is a fault even on the board.
    Compare:
    The same position on another channel usually carries the same value, and so does the matching part on another board.
    Watch for:
    A burnt resistor usually means the part it feeds pulled too much. Find that before fitting a new one, or it burns too. The marking, not the reading, says what to fit.

    A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.

  • EIA-96:24printed 240603

    Printed 24. Only the start matches what you typed, so this fits only if the rest of the marking is worn off.

    What it is
    Precision resistor (EIA-96 code)
    Maker
    Not recorded
    Package
    0603
    Pins
    2
    Details
    EIA-96 precision chip resistor, significand 17.4; the printed mark adds a multiplier letter (24A = 174 Ohm, 24B = 1.74 kOhm)
    Source
    Added by hand from a published table

    Is it dead?

    Ohms range, across it, power off.

    Working, it reads

    Its marked value, within tolerance. On the board it reads the same or lower, because everything around it sits in parallel.

    Dead, it reads

    • Open: burnt, cracked, or eaten through by sulphur. The commonest failure.
    • Well above its marked value: drifted high.
    • On the board, clearly higher than its marked value: it has failed, since the board can only pull a reading down.
    On the board:
    A reading lower than marked on the board proves nothing; lift one end. A reading higher than marked is a fault even on the board.
    Compare:
    The same position on another channel usually carries the same value, and so does the matching part on another board.
    Watch for:
    A burnt resistor usually means the part it feeds pulled too much. Find that before fitting a new one, or it burns too. The marking, not the reading, says what to fit.

    A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.

  • EIA-96:25printed 250603

    Printed 25. Only the start matches what you typed, so this fits only if the rest of the marking is worn off.

    What it is
    Precision resistor (EIA-96 code)
    Maker
    Not recorded
    Package
    0603
    Pins
    2
    Details
    EIA-96 precision chip resistor, significand 17.8; the printed mark adds a multiplier letter (25A = 178 Ohm, 25B = 1.78 kOhm)
    Source
    Added by hand from a published table

    Is it dead?

    Ohms range, across it, power off.

    Working, it reads

    Its marked value, within tolerance. On the board it reads the same or lower, because everything around it sits in parallel.

    Dead, it reads

    • Open: burnt, cracked, or eaten through by sulphur. The commonest failure.
    • Well above its marked value: drifted high.
    • On the board, clearly higher than its marked value: it has failed, since the board can only pull a reading down.
    On the board:
    A reading lower than marked on the board proves nothing; lift one end. A reading higher than marked is a fault even on the board.
    Compare:
    The same position on another channel usually carries the same value, and so does the matching part on another board.
    Watch for:
    A burnt resistor usually means the part it feeds pulled too much. Find that before fitting a new one, or it burns too. The marking, not the reading, says what to fit.

    A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.

  • EIA-96:26printed 260603

    Printed 26. Only the start matches what you typed, so this fits only if the rest of the marking is worn off.

    What it is
    Precision resistor (EIA-96 code)
    Maker
    Not recorded
    Package
    0603
    Pins
    2
    Details
    EIA-96 precision chip resistor, significand 18.2; the printed mark adds a multiplier letter (26A = 182 Ohm, 26B = 1.82 kOhm)
    Source
    Added by hand from a published table

    Is it dead?

    Ohms range, across it, power off.

    Working, it reads

    Its marked value, within tolerance. On the board it reads the same or lower, because everything around it sits in parallel.

    Dead, it reads

    • Open: burnt, cracked, or eaten through by sulphur. The commonest failure.
    • Well above its marked value: drifted high.
    • On the board, clearly higher than its marked value: it has failed, since the board can only pull a reading down.
    On the board:
    A reading lower than marked on the board proves nothing; lift one end. A reading higher than marked is a fault even on the board.
    Compare:
    The same position on another channel usually carries the same value, and so does the matching part on another board.
    Watch for:
    A burnt resistor usually means the part it feeds pulled too much. Find that before fitting a new one, or it burns too. The marking, not the reading, says what to fit.

    A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.

  • EIA-96:27printed 270603

    Printed 27. Only the start matches what you typed, so this fits only if the rest of the marking is worn off.

    What it is
    Precision resistor (EIA-96 code)
    Maker
    Not recorded
    Package
    0603
    Pins
    2
    Details
    EIA-96 precision chip resistor, significand 18.7; the printed mark adds a multiplier letter (27A = 187 Ohm, 27B = 1.87 kOhm)
    Source
    Added by hand from a published table

    Is it dead?

    Ohms range, across it, power off.

    Working, it reads

    Its marked value, within tolerance. On the board it reads the same or lower, because everything around it sits in parallel.

    Dead, it reads

    • Open: burnt, cracked, or eaten through by sulphur. The commonest failure.
    • Well above its marked value: drifted high.
    • On the board, clearly higher than its marked value: it has failed, since the board can only pull a reading down.
    On the board:
    A reading lower than marked on the board proves nothing; lift one end. A reading higher than marked is a fault even on the board.
    Compare:
    The same position on another channel usually carries the same value, and so does the matching part on another board.
    Watch for:
    A burnt resistor usually means the part it feeds pulled too much. Find that before fitting a new one, or it burns too. The marking, not the reading, says what to fit.

    A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.

  • EIA-96:28printed 280603

    Printed 28. Only the start matches what you typed, so this fits only if the rest of the marking is worn off.

    What it is
    Precision resistor (EIA-96 code)
    Maker
    Not recorded
    Package
    0603
    Pins
    2
    Details
    EIA-96 precision chip resistor, significand 19.1; the printed mark adds a multiplier letter (28A = 191 Ohm, 28B = 1.91 kOhm)
    Source
    Added by hand from a published table

    Is it dead?

    Ohms range, across it, power off.

    Working, it reads

    Its marked value, within tolerance. On the board it reads the same or lower, because everything around it sits in parallel.

    Dead, it reads

    • Open: burnt, cracked, or eaten through by sulphur. The commonest failure.
    • Well above its marked value: drifted high.
    • On the board, clearly higher than its marked value: it has failed, since the board can only pull a reading down.
    On the board:
    A reading lower than marked on the board proves nothing; lift one end. A reading higher than marked is a fault even on the board.
    Compare:
    The same position on another channel usually carries the same value, and so does the matching part on another board.
    Watch for:
    A burnt resistor usually means the part it feeds pulled too much. Find that before fitting a new one, or it burns too. The marking, not the reading, says what to fit.

    A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.

  • EIA-96:29printed 290603

    Printed 29. Only the start matches what you typed, so this fits only if the rest of the marking is worn off.

    What it is
    Precision resistor (EIA-96 code)
    Maker
    Not recorded
    Package
    0603
    Pins
    2
    Details
    EIA-96 precision chip resistor, significand 19.6; the printed mark adds a multiplier letter (29A = 196 Ohm, 29B = 1.96 kOhm)
    Source
    Added by hand from a published table

    Is it dead?

    Ohms range, across it, power off.

    Working, it reads

    Its marked value, within tolerance. On the board it reads the same or lower, because everything around it sits in parallel.

    Dead, it reads

    • Open: burnt, cracked, or eaten through by sulphur. The commonest failure.
    • Well above its marked value: drifted high.
    • On the board, clearly higher than its marked value: it has failed, since the board can only pull a reading down.
    On the board:
    A reading lower than marked on the board proves nothing; lift one end. A reading higher than marked is a fault even on the board.
    Compare:
    The same position on another channel usually carries the same value, and so does the matching part on another board.
    Watch for:
    A burnt resistor usually means the part it feeds pulled too much. Find that before fitting a new one, or it burns too. The marking, not the reading, says what to fit.

    A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.

One code, several parts

Marking codes are not unique. In the standard code book, 6H on a SOT-23 is an NPN transistor, a varicap, an N-channel JFET, two digital transistors, a 3.6 V voltage detector: six parts from five makers. So a search shows the parts we hold under that code and under codes easily misread as it, with only the columns that tell them apart.

6Hon a SOT-23, in the code book
  • NPN transistor
  • Varicap
  • N-channel JFET
  • Digital transistor ×2
  • 3.6 V voltage detector

When more than one is left

Tap Help me choose. Up to 4 quick answers: whether the part has failed, then what separates the parts left. Those get ranked with the reasoning and a test that settles it. That uses one identification; 3 a month are free.

When you cannot read it

Tap the camera in the field. We read the characters, keep the ones we are unsure of, and search every reading. A photo too soft to read is turned back on your phone first; if it is the only one you can get, you can still send it.