Cardwell ER-50-AD Dual-Section Variable Cap Value?

[Wilson Lamb]

50pF??
WL
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Subject: Cardwell ER-50-AD Dual-Section Variable Cap Value?


>I have looked around the Internet and cannot find
> a listing for a Cardwell ER-50-AD Dual-Section air
> variable cap.
>
> I have a neat assembly with five of them on a thick
> phenolic base.  Each has a flexible coupling, has
> what appears to be a wirewound resistor across each
> section (the resistor values are identical for each
> paired-section but change from cap to cap), and each
> terminates into a relay.
>
> If I can discern the value of these caps I will have
> some idea as to what I might do with this - sure hate
> to disassemble it if it may be used as-is.
>
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