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I'm having difficulty identifying these components. I salvaged them from a diy power supply enclosure from a garage sale. Each of the black leads in the image attached to female connectors on the face of the enclosure. I'm assuming they're transformers of some sort. Any clues would be appreciated.



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I'm having difficulty identifying these components. I salvaged them from a diy power supply enclosure from a garage sale. Each of the black leads in the image attached to female connectors on the face of the enclosure. I'm assuming they're transformers of some sort. Any clues would be appreciated.



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I'm having difficulty identifying these components. I salvaged them from a diy power supply enclosure from a garage sale. Each of the black leads in the image attached to female connectors on the face of the enclosure. I'm assuming they're transformers of some sort. Any clues would be appreciated.



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  • digikey.com/products/en/potentiometers-variable-resistors/…

    – Sunnyskyguy EE75
    yesterday











  • See also How do I determine the range of wire-wound adjustable resistor.

    – Transistor
    yesterday



















  • digikey.com/products/en/potentiometers-variable-resistors/…

    – Sunnyskyguy EE75
    yesterday











  • See also How do I determine the range of wire-wound adjustable resistor.

    – Transistor
    yesterday

















digikey.com/products/en/potentiometers-variable-resistors/…

– Sunnyskyguy EE75
yesterday





digikey.com/products/en/potentiometers-variable-resistors/…

– Sunnyskyguy EE75
yesterday













See also How do I determine the range of wire-wound adjustable resistor.

– Transistor
yesterday





See also How do I determine the range of wire-wound adjustable resistor.

– Transistor
yesterday










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They’re adjustable power resistors.



You loosen the screw and move the ring to or fro to get the resistance that you want and then tighten the screw.



Probably a dummy load for various supply rails.






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    … and, be careful to not actually use them to their full rating on this board – these ceramic bodies are used because they can be get more than 300K hotter than their surroundings. That's not something you want epoxy to be exposed to.

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They’re adjustable power resistors.



You loosen the screw and move the ring to or fro to get the resistance that you want and then tighten the screw.



Probably a dummy load for various supply rails.






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    … and, be careful to not actually use them to their full rating on this board – these ceramic bodies are used because they can be get more than 300K hotter than their surroundings. That's not something you want epoxy to be exposed to.

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They’re adjustable power resistors.



You loosen the screw and move the ring to or fro to get the resistance that you want and then tighten the screw.



Probably a dummy load for various supply rails.






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    … and, be careful to not actually use them to their full rating on this board – these ceramic bodies are used because they can be get more than 300K hotter than their surroundings. That's not something you want epoxy to be exposed to.

    – Marcus Müller
    yesterday














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They’re adjustable power resistors.



You loosen the screw and move the ring to or fro to get the resistance that you want and then tighten the screw.



Probably a dummy load for various supply rails.






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You loosen the screw and move the ring to or fro to get the resistance that you want and then tighten the screw.



Probably a dummy load for various supply rails.







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    … and, be careful to not actually use them to their full rating on this board – these ceramic bodies are used because they can be get more than 300K hotter than their surroundings. That's not something you want epoxy to be exposed to.

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    … and, be careful to not actually use them to their full rating on this board – these ceramic bodies are used because they can be get more than 300K hotter than their surroundings. That's not something you want epoxy to be exposed to.

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