(09-10-2019, 10:07 AM)Amie Wrote: I have some of dads stock of those ceramic bodied composition resistors, that I keep only for curiosity, most are +50% marked value now, being made by "Erie" (?) according to the packages in 1957!
(09-10-2019, 10:12 AM)pwdrive Wrote: I don't remember Egen resistors, just their pots, I remember the Erie ones though, in ceramic tubes with cemented ends, mainly +-10% jobs.
Yes, of course - you are both right - they were made by Erie!
Amie, if those packages are the same as those I remember from 1960 on, they were red with a cellophane window so that you could see the resistors inside, each one neatly mounted onto a strip of white card by bending the wires back on themselves. You could see instantly how many you had left!
They also provided smart card containers in the same bright red that took 12 packets, so each decade was in its own box and we had them standing on a shelf in a row!
As for Egen, I never liked their pots much, vastly preferring the superior products of AB Electronics.
