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Zoltec

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I have some old electronic parts that I don't know what they are.
Anyone know? Plus are they worth saving or should I toss them.
Thanks
 

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The right hand picture is a pile of metal rectifiers.
Yeah those are selenium diodes. Not sure about other two but seems like I've seen them somewhere. I would save them if you have room. You could put them on E-bay and see if they sell. Maybe someone has some old equipment they need to fix.

That one in the middle now. I know I've seen that. Just can't place it. I do believe it is a mechanical part. The one on the left looks like it has two pins. Probably another diode.
 
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The one on the left is a line ballast (WW resistor?). :D
The middle one looks like a solenoid.
The ones on the right are selenium rectifiers as already mentioned.
 
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The one on the left is a line ballast (WW resistor?). :D
The middle one looks like a solenoid.
The ones on the right are selenium rectifiers as already mentioned.

hi,
I'll go with that assessment.
 
Warm water resistor??:confused:

Robert-Jan

I also feel some sort of warmer resistors like the ones used in bakery to keep products at a standard temperature, and shielded for safety. doesn't appear to be a solinoid. it is a mountable warmer resistor perhaps
 
The 'line ballast' was used in old AC radios to reduce the line voltage to the value required by the series string of filaments.
 
The 'line ballast' was used in old AC radios to reduce the line voltage to the value required by the series string of filaments.
Oh ! So big and an encased resistor ? perhaps it is used in some countries. the radios we saw including Philips and Murphy were having open resistor mounted vertically.
 
I have some old electronic parts that I don't know what they are.
Anyone know? Plus are they worth saving or should I toss them.
Thanks

Can you measure them with an ohmmeter? That should narrow down the possibilities.
 
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