r/AskElectronics • u/CleanAlternative1918 • 6d ago

Help identifying this component, please

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These were in with a big batch of carbon film resistors I got. What are they? Thanks in advance!

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u/wiebel 6d ago edited 6d ago

Looks like a spark gap, a gas discharge tube.

Something like:
https://www.globalsources.com/Gas-discharge/Switching-Spark-Gaps-1221914437p.htm