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PostPosted: Thu Dec 11, 2025 3:01 pm 
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Photo of the relay. My assessment. Remove plastic covering. Take out solenoid and metal. Then submit as Connectors. Nope. Not for resale. Going to scrap.
I figure this is the most efficient and profitable method.
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PostPosted: Fri Dec 12, 2025 2:48 am 

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Catwhisker, The ubiquitous "they" say that a Cats whiskers are it's feeler gauge, that it can go thru an opening if it's whiskers will go thru without touching the sides: however, that doesn't take into account the height of the opening, just the width .And if a cat, like the mouse with it's flat bones, rather than round ones, could squeeze thru a quarter inch crack, the world would be overrun with flat cats.
As a confirmed procrastinator, I urge you to play a cat and mouse game with that relay. I have several from days of analog and yore. I've never been sure when days of yore started and ended: it may have been before I even arrived on the scene.
I would use caution, as cautious as a curious cat, I say, or will say from now on. My motto is "disassemble, but be slow to dispose" I have some relays collected in the late "80's" (the years, not my age.) They were heavy gold plated, so heavy you could cut it with a knife. The contacts were also gold plated.
So what did I do with them? Disassembled a couple, threw them in a box, bag or bin with the whole ones, to keep until I figured out the most profitable way to get rid of them.
45 years later, as the cowbird flies, I'm still holding on to them. After all, Chrome wasn't plated in a day.


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PostPosted: Fri Dec 12, 2025 8:24 am 
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This is true. Chrome wasn't plated in a day. Thank you for your response. And may I say. A timely response. Just now going into: "the great hoard". I have old components. From the 50's. 60's. 70's. I only took a cursory look at it. Much still in original boxes. Unopened. I ain't bragging. I'm complaining. Why? Because I know someone would appreciate an original switch, relay, etc from those years. So now. In the name of posterity. I feel obligated to attempt to sell rather than scrap. But. Oh! So funny. Remember those warning signs. " No returns in electronic sales". I respect that! What of it? As a simple mind would say. Scrap it all!!! No returns. Excuse or appreciate the rant. Opps. I said ain't. (Well. As the old adage goes. "Ain't ain't a word cause the teacher said it ain't"). Any who! Thanks Meowpher the 10th for your response. My quick inspection of that hoard was so obvious. Got heavy silver. As a frustrating point. I got old LEDs. Like gallium arsenide crazy. But again. Thank you for your poetic response. Your sense of humour is appreciated. And. Yes. Sir. "Chrome wasn't plated in a day." Amen and amen. As a side note. The comments on the forum relating to Catwhisker as a cat is so entertaining. Truely. I kind of; sort of; saw it coming. But. Not like this. Look at my avatar. That is a catwhisker diode. Everybody's responses about a cat. Make my day!!! Thanks again. Meowpher the 10th.
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