[HomeBrew] Help identifying a component

[Larry Rappaport]

pete wokoun, sr. wrote:
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> The power supply was an 1980's vintage in my best guess.  It was from 
> some Navy fire control console.  Someone suggested they might be 
> standoff terminals.  I don't think so, too fragile looking for that and 
> then, 'why two terminals'?
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Pete,

FWIW, I used to have something similar.  The insulator was brown, not 
white.  They were standoffs - I used them as insulated tie points.

You can test them for resistance (be sure to use Rx100 and test both 
ways), and capacitance.  I agree with the other poster - if they were 
active devices, there would be some markings - numbers or letters.

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Larry W1HJF
rapp at lmr dot com