Anyone seen these old 2% resistors before?
 

I'm trying to find out if these resistors are thick film resistors. This board was built in 1978 with all RS components parts, but from what I can tell, carbon film was not available at +/-2% back then. Anyone ever seen them before? They seem like a unicorn. I can't find any of them and I can't find any info about them.

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Used to sell them ;

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I remember Maplin selling these (or something very like them) way back in their early days, they looked disappointingly like cheap miniature carbon comps!

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Dont they just turretslug?

Joe

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wow. there they are. yep. :clap: Thank you. Are these tough to find or is it just me?

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Made by Neohm of Italy. The company’s symbol (Omega) is on the bandolier tape.

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Awesome info! thank you.

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Used lots of these in the 1980s - very reliable and spot-on resistance values.

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Are these the same size as the carbon-type resistors in equivalent watt value or are these smaller? i.e. is the size of the 0.5w thick the same as 0.5w carbon?

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Not sure about U.S. sizes, but about half size, i.e. length 6.4mm, diameter 2.3mm.
I have also found I have some with 1% tolerance.

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IIRC these were described as thick film metal glaze in the RS catalogue at the time.