Centralab components
Centralab is a manufacturer stocked on the Hybrid Electronics line card. Contact us for stock and pricing on Centralab components.
About Centralab
Centralab, founded in 1922 as Central Radio Laboratories in Milwaukee, was a pioneering U.S. maker of ceramic capacitors, ceramic fixed resistors, potentiometers, switches and silk-screened ceramic-based thick-film circuits (Johnson Controls). Its Hi-Kap disc and tubular ceramic capacitors and temperature-compensating types were industry staples in radio and television production (RF Cafe). The name survives today mainly on reissue potentiometers and tone capacitors for guitars (Centralab).
Centralab product families we stock
- Ceramic disc capacitors (Hi-Kap
- Temperature-compensating ceramic capacitors
- Television high-voltage capacitors and bleeder resistor assemblies ([RF Cafe](https://www.rfcafe.com/references/radio-news/centralab-ceramic-capacitors-radio-television-news-november-1951.htm));
- Ceramic fixed resistors
- Potentiometers and switches
- Thick-film / silk-screened ceramic circuits
Notable Centralab series & brands we stock
Hi-Kap, TC Hi-Kaps, BC Hi-Kaps, Ceramic-X, CRL Hi-Vo-Kaps; Bumblebee tone capacitors and 550k pots (reissues)
Sources: RF Cafe — Centralab ceramic capacitors advertisement (1951) · Johnson Controls — This Month in History: Centralab Electronics · Centralab — About / capacitors
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