Resistors ID. - UK Vintage Radio Repair and Restoration Discussion Forum

Diabolical Artificer · 9th Jan 2022, 1:31 pm

I got given a carrier bag full of NOS resistors off Freecycle, green body; are they fusable resistors? No ID on plastic bags apart fom a few have "Verospeed" printed on them. See pics.

Andy.

JonSnell · 9th Jan 2022, 1:38 pm

Probably Metal Oxide and fire resistant by design. More than likely the 0.33R are 3Watt.

Diabolical Artificer · 9th Jan 2022, 1:40 pm

Thanks Jon. I'll pop some in the offered section.

Andy.

McMurdo · 13th Jan 2022, 4:33 pm

verospeed, that's a blast from the past. Their big thick catalogue was on our shelves next to the STC, RS and Farnell one. They carried some things that you just couldn't get from elsewhere.

Agree they look like metal oxide, probably wouldn't have been cheap if they're uk made ones.

Diabolical Artificer · 14th Jan 2022, 7:18 am

Thanks Kevin. They feel good quality as they're heavy. They were from the proverbial "my Grandad's shed" on Freecycle, a carrier bag full, so weather Grandad worked for Verospeed or worked somewhere where stuff walked, who knows. I've kept a few & given away over a thousand, as you say, must have cost a few bob back in the day.

Andy.

9th Jan 2022, 1:31 pm	#1
Diabolical Artificer Dekatron Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Sleaford, Lincs. UK. Posts: 7,661	Resistors ID. I got given a carrier bag full of NOS resistors off Freecycle, green body; are they fusable resistors? No ID on plastic bags apart fom a few have "Verospeed" printed on them. See pics. Andy. Attached Thumbnails __________________ Curiosity hasn't killed this cat...so far.

9th Jan 2022, 1:38 pm	#2
JonSnell Hexode Join Date: Oct 2019 Location: Weymouth, Dorset, UK. Posts: 475	Re: Resistors ID. Probably Metal Oxide and fire resistant by design. More than likely the 0.33R are 3Watt. __________________ Valve equipment repairs since 1968 https://jonsnell.co.uk

9th Jan 2022, 1:40 pm	#3
Diabolical Artificer Dekatron Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Sleaford, Lincs. UK. Posts: 7,661	Re: Resistors ID. Thanks Jon. I'll pop some in the offered section. Andy. __________________ Curiosity hasn't killed this cat...so far.

13th Jan 2022, 4:33 pm	#4
McMurdo Dekatron Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Staffordshire Moorlands, UK. Posts: 5,271	Re: Resistors ID. verospeed, that's a blast from the past. Their big thick catalogue was on our shelves next to the STC, RS and Farnell one. They carried some things that you just couldn't get from elsewhere. Agree they look like metal oxide, probably wouldn't have been cheap if they're uk made ones. __________________ Kevin

14th Jan 2022, 7:18 am	#5
Diabolical Artificer Dekatron Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Sleaford, Lincs. UK. Posts: 7,661	Re: Resistors ID. Thanks Kevin. They feel good quality as they're heavy. They were from the proverbial "my Grandad's shed" on Freecycle, a carrier bag full, so weather Grandad worked for Verospeed or worked somewhere where stuff walked, who knows. I've kept a few & given away over a thousand, as you say, must have cost a few bob back in the day. Andy. __________________ Curiosity hasn't killed this cat...so far.