Is this a 2.7G Ohm resistor?

[Edumcg]

Hello!

I'm trying to figure out if this through hole resistor is really 2.7 G Ohm rated 1 watt. At least that's what I think by following the color code chart.

The reason I doubt that is because I've tried to look on different electronics suppliers but I haven't been able to found a resistor similar to the one in the picture. I have only found metal oxide resistors which look quite different so I'm not sure if I'm in the wrong here.

Any comments or guidance would be appreciated it :)

PD: I did test it with a multimeter but it gave me a reading of 1.8 ohm. My multimeter only goes up to mega ohm.

[Dan123456]

The grey might actually be silver giving you a 0.27 ohm resistor rather than 2.7G ohm 

Why you are getting a reading of 1.8, I’m not sure  Does your meter read 0.00 if you touch the leads?

[Edumcg]

Lol you are totally right. I don't why my head was stuck thinking it was grey and not silver. The table I was looking at didn't have silver so that didn't help. Thank you very much!

Regarding your question on the 0.0 reading, well it depends. When I touch the leads sometimes reads 1.8 ohm others 0.7 so maybe my equipment is faulty .... I will replace the battery or maybe get a different one from a friend

Although with a 180 resistor it reads 177 ohm which is not that far off, still I will do the mentioned above

[ebastler]

Regarding your question on the 0.0 reading, well it depends. When I touch the leads sometimes reads 1.8 ohm others 0.7 so maybe my equipment is faulty .... I will replace the battery or maybe get a different one from a friend

Clean the probe tips with contact cleaner (organic solvent and deoxidant), especially if they are not gold-plated. And push them together with a bit of pressure when you touch them. Likewise, apply a bit of pressure when connecting the leads to the resistor, to give good contact and penetrate potential oxide layers. That should give you a more stable reading.

[Vovk_Z]

My multimeter only goes up to mega ohm.

And typical resistors usually are manufactured up to several megaohm (up to 10-20 MOhm). Higher values are used very rarely and usually need special resistor design. Your resistor looks quite usual so it can't be of a gigaohm range.