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Testing 500x Microscope out on 1000V Sprague (K631788-14) Capacitor (folded/rolled design)

Posted on June 15, 2018 (Updated on June 16, 2018) in DIY, Hardware/Tools/Instrumentation, Vintage

  Don’t see this very often, even in classes they didn’t have one of these that had cracked the wax. First two pictures are with a 50mm lens. I noticed the wax had broken in a circle around the end and if I could pull the end right off, the solder was already broken and […]

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