Author Topic: Did Australia invent the Circular Case Electronics Resistance Substitution Wheel  (Read 1359 times)

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Offline jonovidTopic starter

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Resistance Wheel or one knob resistance box, a basic tool for most beginners in electronics was first sold by Dick Smith Electronics in the 1980s now it is sold by jaycar
as far as I know. the one knob circular case resistance substitution wheel is an Australian invention.   :-\

A look inside a dial based resistance substitution box.
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Online tom66

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Hasn't DSE been mostly an import business since it was founded?   It seems an odd thing to engineer - likelihood is it was being sold by a Chinese or Hong Kong-based manufacturer and they bought them in and successfully marketed them.
 

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I have not seen this circular case design sold outside Australia until recently also has no brand or trademark on the case.
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I've never seen one of those here in the US, but it looks like a convenient and useful form factor for that application.  Glad someone invented it.
 

Offline Brumby

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I've got one of those .... somewhere.   ::)
 


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