Question regarding the identification of a component

Sep 09, 2025 Last reply: 4 months ago 23 Replies

legg schrieb:

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Hi Legg,

Sorry, but don't know..

The power supply is a separate device for supplying power to external counter modules.

As there's no problem with the component in question it will stay in it's place and the riddle unsolved.

Many thanks for all comments and hints.

Best regards

Reinhard

Doubtful. The OP's pic has a definite 2 in a circle with an additional '1' or 'I' vertical outside.

The Nihon Inter Electronics logo is the letters NI with a circle around them.

Yes an N can look like a sideways 2 if you squint hard enough, but the two logos are visually quite distinct.

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Aha, it's a Sprague Cera-Mite ceramic cap, 0.01uF 3kV d=29/32", t=1/4".

41C121A2 is the 'Sprague OEM part no', and the 'Sprague Products Cat. No.' is 30GA-S10.

Page 53, dating from 1963:

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Perhaps the 'circled 2' is their mark for an OEM rebrand, or relates to the OEM they were relabelling it for?

Theo

Theo schrieb:

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Great! Many thanks! Maybe the reason for using this capacitor instead of a second standard marked capacitor (like the parallel one) is the same as using IC's with milled away markings.

Best regards

Reinhard

Maybe, or maybe there was some different T&C for using an OEM marked part. eg you got some different level of testing or different terms of supply or something?

Theo

(apologies for the necropost, didn't spot the date on the original thread)

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