Capacity (Capacitor) Decade Box 478 (478K, 478W)
Precise Development Corp.; Oceanside, Mineola, NY
- Country
- United States of America (USA)
- Manufacturer / Brand
- Precise Development Corp.; Oceanside, Mineola, NY
- Year
- 1953
- Category
- Service- or Lab Equipment
- Radiomuseum.org ID
- 331601
- Wave bands
- - without
- Power type and voltage
- No Power needed
- Loudspeaker
- - - No sound reproduction output.
- Material
- Plastics (no bakelite or catalin)
- from Radiomuseum.org
- Model: Capacity Decade Box 478 - Precise Development Corp.;
- Shape
- Very small Portable or Pocket-Set (Handheld) < 8 inch.
- Dimensions (WHD)
- 160 x 95 x 50 mm / 6.3 x 3.7 x 2 inch
- Notes
-
Four decades with ranges 10x: 100pF, 1nF, 10nF, 100nF.
This model first appears in a 1953 advertisement in Radio Electronics as a "Capacity" Decade Box. They probably meant to say "Capacitor" Decade Box. Later (1970's?) models from Precise Electronics (same company with new name) were labeled "478 Capacitor Decade".
Price in 1953 was $18.95 for the kit (478K), and $24.95 for factory wired (478W).
- Net weight (2.2 lb = 1 kg)
- 0.520 kg / 1 lb 2.3 oz (1.145 lb)
- Price in first year of sale
- 18.95 USD
- Mentioned in
- Radio Electronics (U.S. Magazine) (June 1953, page 66)
- Author
- Model page created by Oswald Bettendorf. See "Data change" for further contributors.
- Other Models
-
Here you find 46 models, 45 with images and 14 with schematics for wireless sets etc. In French: TSF for Télégraphie sans fil.
All listed radios etc. from Precise Development Corp.; Oceanside, Mineola, NY
Collections
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