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Old style "dog bone" resistors with "body, tip, dot" color code marking Three carbon composition resistors in a 1960s valve (vacuum tube) radio. Carbon composition resistors (CCR) consist of a solid cylindrical resistive element with embedded wire leads or metal end caps to which the lead wires are attached.
A TRF receiver using a grid leak detector (V1) Early applications of triode tubes (Audions) as detectors usually did not include a resistor in the grid circuit.[3] [4] [5] First use of a resistance in the grid circuit of a vacuum tube detector circuit may have been by Sewall Cabot in 1906.
Repair and restoration of vintage amateur radio equipment may involve replacing vacuum tubes, reforming electrolytic capacitors if needed, replacing any faulty resistors, replacing two-wire power cords with three-wire cords except on transformerless AC/DC radios, and receiver alignment as necessary.
A resistor removed from a high voltage tube circuit shows damage from voltaic arcing on the resistive metal oxide layer. Resistors can fail open or short, alongside their value changing under environmental conditions and outside performance limits. Examples of resistor failures include: Manufacturing defects causing intermittent problems.
Various resistor types of different shapes and sizes. A resistor is a passive two-terminal electrical component that implements electrical resistance as a circuit element. In electronic circuits, resistors are used to reduce current flow, adjust signal levels, to divide voltages, bias active elements, and terminate transmission lines, among other uses.
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Tube testers evolved along with the vacuum tube to satisfy the demands of the time, and their evolution ended with the tube era. The first tube testers were simple units designed for specific tubes to be used in the battlefields of World War I by radio operators, so they could easily test the tubes of their communication equipment.
Resistor based on the sheet resistance of carbon film Sheet resistance is the resistance of a square piece of a thin material with contacts made to two opposite sides of the square. [ 1 ] It is usually a measurement of electrical resistance of thin films that are uniform in thickness.