Decade Boxes
With our range of resistance and capacitance decade boxes from premier manufacturers including Extech, Martindale and Time Electronics introducing variable resistance configurations to a circuit is extremely simple.
Find out more about Decade Boxes below.

- 1% Resistance substitution from 1 to 11, 111, 110Ohm
- Seven decade ranges of resistance
- 3 binding posts permit isolated substitutions

- 5% Capacitance substitution from 100pF to 11, 111°F
- 3 binding posts permit isolated substitutions
- Case may be grounded separately

- 1% resistance accuracy level
- Uses both 4mm safety terminals and a male ground terminal
- Easily storable and transportable

- Six variable degrees
- Wide range of ohms
- Suitable for several purposes

- Wide range of capacitance
- High level of accuracy
- Five variable decades

- Simple, clear visual indications and labelled terminals
- Ultra-portable, robust housing is perfect for fieldwork and minimising bench space usage
- Ideal for educational purposes

- Unambiguous rotary switch dials for changing values
- 1% margin of error that meets high standards of accuracy
- Fully-screened device ensuring safety and quality

- +/- 0.03% accuracy
- Range of -200 to +800 degrees Celsius
- 23 set points in the range

- Ergonomic design
- Multiple gold contact arrangements
- Colour coded digits

- Safety terminals compatible with numerous plugs
- High stability and accuracy
- Protective cover included

- Can be used with 4mm shrouded plugs
- High accuracy of 0.1%
- Colour coded digit units

- Come with protective cover as standard
- Colour coded digits make referencing data really easy
- Impressive 1% margin of error and unambiguous safety terminals

- Comes with calibration certificate
- Maximum voltage of 300VDC and 200V AC
- Compact and portable shell, weighing just 2.2lbs

- 5 decade, high accuracy resistance box
- Various different models available
- Waidner Wolff decade minimise switch contact resistance

- Accuracy of 3%
- Tough and portable
- Range of 1mH to 10H

- High accuracy, high stability decade box
- 5 decades
- Choice of two models

- High level of accuracy with 0.01% margin of error
- Maximum settable value of 12,222.21 ohms
- Perfect for stimulation applications and compatible with PT100 sensors

- Multi-wafer switches ensure minimum switch contact resistance
- 10W per resistor dissipation
- Ease of use with unambiguous switches on front panel

- Range to 111,111Ω
- 6 decades
- High dissipation

- 6 decades
- Choose between several different models with different total resistance
- Smallest steps of up to 0.001mΩ

- 5 decades
- High accuracy of 0.01%
- Suitable for Pt100 and transducer simulation

- 6 decade resistance box
- Highly accurate (0.01%)
- Choice of 3 versions with different total resistance

- 8 decade resistance box
- Highly accurate (0.01%)
- Choice of 2 versions with different total resistance

- High voltage, high resistance decade box
- Various different models available
- Built inside its own protective carrying case
About Decade Boxes
A decade box is used when you introduce a variable resistance into a circuit to check the value of another resistor. In this case, the value you are studying is the resistance value supplied by your resistance and continuity meter or multi-meter.
The decade resistor box contains a variable set of resistors, some in kilo ohms and some in mega ohms, which can be dialled in through interface buttons on the unit's housing. The selected resistance value is then used to check that your meter readings are a true reflection of insulation or continuity in an electrical circuit. The resistors are available for use in the box increase by multiples of ten which is why it is called a decade box.