amdx wrote:

** For " aus.electronics " readers.



.... Phil
And the group says (drum roll please) it's almost definitely, a resistor
or a capacitor or an inductor. ;-)
Mike


It looks like a Sprague 'Black Beauty' capacitor, which has a fair
amount of inductance from the way it's wound, and they turn into a
resistor as they age. They were a standard paper and foil capacitor,
impregnated with transformer oil and molded into a plastic case.

http://tone-lizard.com/images/Black_Beauty.jpg


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