help to identify item please

[ilikesilver]

so im sitting here nursing a pretty bad sliced finger with 8 stitchs. stupid me didnt put my work gloves on!! safety first right. well im looking at my bucket of stuff that i removed off of boards and noticed that this shows either gold covered leads or brass. not sure yet. hoping to find information about it but dont even no what its called.

this is on it

-C- ms 315
50
10%

helpplease

 

[Geo]

it wouldnt be bare brass.

 

[element47.5]

That's a power resistor. It *could* have gold plated leads.

 

[Findm-Keepm]

Its a Caddock resistor, and yes they plate the leads with gold. I've got several hundred, but their value to me is as a resistor. One or two oodd values, or if they are used, and they would get processed by me. Caddock makes high resistance/high voltage components for everything from Avionic radars to nuclear test instruments, and when necessary, they plate the leads with gold.

http://www.caddock.com

"Type MS:
Lead material is Nickel Clad Copper
with thin Gold Plate, solderable"

Cheers,

Brian

 

[ilikesilver]

thanks everyone

 

[ilikesilver]

brian does it go all the way through or just on the leads

Its a Caddock resistor, and yes they plate the leads with gold. I've got several hundred, but their value to me is as a resistor. One or two oodd values, or if they are used, and they would get processed by me. Caddock makes high resistance/high voltage components for everything from Avionic radars to nuclear test instruments, and when necessary, they plate the leads with gold.

http://www.caddock.com

"Type MS:
Lead material is Nickel Clad Copper
with thin Gold Plate, solderable"

Cheers,

Brian

 

[Findm-Keepm]

Just the leads. Caddock made the gold leads originally for the space program, but continued with them as avionic and medical manufacturers came asking for them.

I've sold some on eBay in the past - some South Korean audiophiles bought most of them.

Cheers,

Brian

 

[philddreamer]

Thought I'd seen one somewhere... its on one of my boards.
MS 310N
53.6
1%

Phil