Rotary Switchs

[samuel-a]

Make sure you don't toss them with the rest of your low grade stuff, those are heavy plated little jewels...

I found mine in an old Decade boxes, a few dozen of them...




According to the maker, this specific type are 3 um plated gold, that's sound resnoble knowing what their tasks are...

I had this little piece (in pic 3 on the left) soaking in nitric, and was left with intact gold foils with the same original shape, this is a good indicator for thickness... plus, a tiny bit of silver came out of there...
The other pins are still soaking in AP.


Have a good urban mining

 

[Anonymous]

are they cars?

Edit, Oh boy,
I wanted to type are they from cars, like used to control the fan or heater.

jim

 

[samuel-a]

are they cars?

what?

Edit: lol, no sir, i found them inside decade boxes

 

[darshevo]

What's a decade box? Looks like some nice 60's or 70's technology - cool stuff

-Lance

 

[Claudie]

http://www.keison.co.uk/cropico_rbb_decadebox.shtml
Probably something similar to this.

 

[samuel-a]

What's a decade box? Looks like some nice 60's or 70's technology - cool stuff

-Lance

they actually still making them...
http://www.elma.com/Europe/English/Products/RotarySwitches_4.aspx