Thanx Peter, That was exactly what I was looking for. Thanx, Scott Beebe Ohm Electronics Inc. 609 W. Clinton St. Ithaca NY 14850 Voice: (607) 273-8406 Fax: (607) 273-8743 WWW.OhmElectronicsInc.com mailto:Scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Thursday, July 1, 2004, 5:06:29 PM, you wrote: Peter> From what I've read (the Digikey catlog is pretty good on these) ZNR seems Peter> to be a panasonic or masushita designator for the Zinc oxide non liniear Peter> resistor the V seems to be partialy related to family type, the 10 is the Peter> diameter in mm, the 271 or 431 is the DC rating voltage If you have Digikey Peter> catalog T042 it is on page 947 on the top. so a V10271 is a 10 mm 270v Peter> varistor, V10431 is a 430v varistor. Peter> Peter Oliver Peter> Tucson Radio TV Peter> From: Scott Beebe <Scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Peter> Reply-To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Peter> To: "techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx" <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Peter> Subject: [TechAssist] General Varistor question Peter> Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 16:09:03 -0400 Peter> Does any one know how to interpret the code on VDR's from Sony? (example: Peter> V10431U or V10271U) Both say "ZNR" on top. Peter> Thanx, Peter> Scott Beebe Peter> Ohm Electronics Inc. Peter> 609 W. Clinton St. Peter> Ithaca NY 14850 Peter> Voice: (607) 273-8406 Peter> Fax: (607) 273-8743 Peter> WWW.OhmElectronicsInc.com Peter> mailto:Scott@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Peter> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter> Lost Password: Peter> http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Peter> Email Archives: Peter> //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ Peter> _________________________________________________________________ Peter> Express yourself instantly with MSN Messenger! Download today - it's FREE! Peter> http://messenger.msn.click-url.com/go/onm00200471ave/direct/01/ Peter> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter> Lost Password: Peter> http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Peter> Email Archives: Peter> //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/