Re: Techs: What's on your Shelf of Weird Things?

Sam Goldwasser wrote:
"Pinballer" <bcrowe1@xxxxxxxxx> writes:

"Sam Goldwasser" <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:6wlkeiqhm8.fsf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Bill Janssen <billj@xxxxxxxx> writes:

Meat Plow wrote:
On Sat, 16 Jun 2007 14:28:57 +0000, Matt J. McCullar wrote:


I imagine that any bench tech who's been fixing electronic stuff for a while
has at least a couple of components housed on what I call The Shelf of Weird
Things: items that caused a very bizarre problem, or look strange, or
whatever.
OK, here's one:

http://repairfaq.cis.upenn.edu/Misc/sale/thing-1.jpg

Inside, are two nested cylinders that are electrically insulated from
the others, but attached to two of the pointy probes on the left via
the two middle flanges.

What is it? :)

heating element?

Doubt it. Nothing between the cylinders except air. :)

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My guess (and it is a guess) is that it is a standard capacitor. Don't understand why it would have the pointy probes though.

Bill K7NOM
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