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Cenco #82817-04 Decade Resistor
BillyO:
Are these supposed to be any good?
I saw one today at my "local" electronics re-cycling shop for $30 CDN. The switches feel awesome and it measured bang-on with my Brymen 786.
They wouldn't let me "take it apaaart" so I don't know what the level of care was taken in manufacturing.
Any one have more intimate experience with these?
I guess at $30 ($23 US) I should just buy it for laughs and giggles. It doesn't say where it's made but externally it's built like a brick dunny.
BillyO:
I went out and bought it yesterday.
As I said, externally it's fairly nice. Great case, big aluminum knobs and a very nice switch feel.
Inside? Well it's not much to write home about.
The resistors are 0.5% metal film. The switches don't look as good as they feel.
I suspect the resistors are hand selected too as when I dialed up 2.345K I got 2.346, so not bad.
It is worth the $23.
TLOliveira:
Hi Bill.
Just wondering where is your local electronics re-cycling shop. I am looking for some place to find nice stuff, like this one.
Tiago
TimFox:
Cenco, short for Central Scientific Co., is an old-line manufacturer dating back before 1900, now known as CSC Scientific.
During my high-school education, their equipment was ubiquitous in school physics laboratories.
Their current focus is on laboratory measurement equipment, rather than school lab equipment.
BillyO:
--- Quote from: TLOliveira on December 19, 2022, 10:01:41 pm ---Hi Bill.
Just wondering where is your local electronics re-cycling shop. I am looking for some place to find nice stuff, like this one.
Tiago
--- End quote ---
The EDI outlet in Orillia.
s.buckley@ediinc.ca
15 Progress Drive, Orillia, ON. L3V 0T7
705.327.8691 Toll Free: 1.877.322.8968
They advertise on eBay: https://www.ebay.ca/str/electronicdistributorsintl
If I see what I like I usually send an offer to Sean directly and then go pick-up in person. With me being in Muskoka, I don't have many other choices, but Sean is good to deal with.
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