What is this component thingy?

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I canÃ¢Â€Â™t find or describe what this component looks like. Out of curiosity, what is it?

I found it on a PCB for a car alarm, but it has no silk-screen label...

It has a grub screw that is adjustable. The screw does not seem to make contact with the outer spring, but current flows through it no matter.

The resistance and capacitance doesnÃ¢Â€Â™t change when the screw is adjusted.

Any ideas?

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Looks like an adjustable inductor.
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I canÃ¢Â€Â™t find or describe what this component looks like. Out of curiosity, what is it?

I found it on a PCB for a car alarm, but it has no silk-screen label...

It has a grub screw that is adjustable. The screw does not seem to make contact with the outer spring, but current flows through it no matter.

The resistance and capacitance doesnÃ¢Â€Â™t change when the screw is adjusted.

Any ideas?

Unknown component

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Looks like an adjustable inductor.
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I canÃ¢Â€Â™t find or describe what this component looks like. Out of curiosity, what is it?

I found it on a PCB for a car alarm, but it has no silk-screen label...

It has a grub screw that is adjustable. The screw does not seem to make contact with the outer spring, but current flows through it no matter.

The resistance and capacitance doesnÃ¢Â€Â™t change when the screw is adjusted.

Any ideas?

Unknown component

edited 14 mins ago

Peter Mortensen

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I canÃ¢Â€Â™t find or describe what this component looks like. Out of curiosity, what is it?

I found it on a PCB for a car alarm, but it has no silk-screen label...

It has a grub screw that is adjustable. The screw does not seem to make contact with the outer spring, but current flows through it no matter.

The resistance and capacitance doesnÃ¢Â€Â™t change when the screw is adjusted.

Any ideas?

Unknown component

pcb components identification through-hole

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Looks like an adjustable inductor.
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Looks like an adjustable inductor.
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Looks like an adjustable inductor.
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That is an adjustable inductor with a brass slug.

Turning the slug out of the coil will raise the inductance.

Turning it in will reduce the inductance.

This is the opposite of the more typical variable inductors that have ferrite cores. Ferrite cores are the black ones like in the examples that Andy aka posted.

Given the low number of loops in the coil and that it uses a brass slug, I'd expect it to be part of a high frequency (probably radio frequency) circuit.

Possibly part of a transmitter or receiver circuit for remote control.

Might instead be part of a capacitive detector circuit that detects intrusion by detecting frequency changes in an oscillator circuit.

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It's an adjustable inductor and probably used at VHF: -

enter image description here

Also available in other colours: -

enter image description here

And in other styles: -

enter image description here

Some with screen cans: -

enter image description here

And some come with an internal capacitor and that makes it sometimes difficult to identify: -

enter image description here

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That is an adjustable inductor with a brass slug.

Turning the slug out of the coil will raise the inductance.

Turning it in will reduce the inductance.

This is the opposite of the more typical variable inductors that have ferrite cores. Ferrite cores are the black ones like in the examples that Andy aka posted.

Given the low number of loops in the coil and that it uses a brass slug, I'd expect it to be part of a high frequency (probably radio frequency) circuit.

Possibly part of a transmitter or receiver circuit for remote control.

Might instead be part of a capacitive detector circuit that detects intrusion by detecting frequency changes in an oscillator circuit.

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That is an adjustable inductor with a brass slug.

Turning the slug out of the coil will raise the inductance.

Turning it in will reduce the inductance.

This is the opposite of the more typical variable inductors that have ferrite cores. Ferrite cores are the black ones like in the examples that Andy aka posted.

Given the low number of loops in the coil and that it uses a brass slug, I'd expect it to be part of a high frequency (probably radio frequency) circuit.

Possibly part of a transmitter or receiver circuit for remote control.

Might instead be part of a capacitive detector circuit that detects intrusion by detecting frequency changes in an oscillator circuit.

edited 1 hour ago

answered 2 hours ago

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That is an adjustable inductor with a brass slug.

Turning the slug out of the coil will raise the inductance.

Turning it in will reduce the inductance.

This is the opposite of the more typical variable inductors that have ferrite cores. Ferrite cores are the black ones like in the examples that Andy aka posted.

Given the low number of loops in the coil and that it uses a brass slug, I'd expect it to be part of a high frequency (probably radio frequency) circuit.

Possibly part of a transmitter or receiver circuit for remote control.

Might instead be part of a capacitive detector circuit that detects intrusion by detecting frequency changes in an oscillator circuit.

edited 1 hour ago

answered 2 hours ago

JRE

19k43563

That is an adjustable inductor with a brass slug.

Turning the slug out of the coil will raise the inductance.

Turning it in will reduce the inductance.

This is the opposite of the more typical variable inductors that have ferrite cores. Ferrite cores are the black ones like in the examples that Andy aka posted.

Given the low number of loops in the coil and that it uses a brass slug, I'd expect it to be part of a high frequency (probably radio frequency) circuit.

Possibly part of a transmitter or receiver circuit for remote control.

Might instead be part of a capacitive detector circuit that detects intrusion by detecting frequency changes in an oscillator circuit.

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It's an adjustable inductor and probably used at VHF: -

enter image description here

Also available in other colours: -

enter image description here

And in other styles: -

enter image description here

Some with screen cans: -

enter image description here

And some come with an internal capacitor and that makes it sometimes difficult to identify: -

enter image description here

edited 1 hour ago

answered 2 hours ago

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It's an adjustable inductor and probably used at VHF: -

enter image description here

Also available in other colours: -

enter image description here

And in other styles: -

enter image description here

Some with screen cans: -

enter image description here

And some come with an internal capacitor and that makes it sometimes difficult to identify: -

enter image description here

edited 1 hour ago

answered 2 hours ago

Andy aka

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4
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It's an adjustable inductor and probably used at VHF: -

enter image description here

Also available in other colours: -

enter image description here

And in other styles: -

enter image description here

Some with screen cans: -

enter image description here

And some come with an internal capacitor and that makes it sometimes difficult to identify: -

enter image description here

edited 1 hour ago

answered 2 hours ago

Andy aka

232k10172395

It's an adjustable inductor and probably used at VHF: -

enter image description here

Also available in other colours: -

enter image description here

And in other styles: -

enter image description here

Some with screen cans: -

enter image description here

And some come with an internal capacitor and that makes it sometimes difficult to identify: -

enter image description here

edited 1 hour ago

answered 2 hours ago

Andy aka

232k10172395

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Andy aka

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