Please Identify

[D1Goul]

Dear All
My first posting here.
I desperately need help in identifying these components. I think they are Selenium Rectifiers. The bottom one I pulled apart and it is filled with two lots of discs separated by a helical spring in the middle between them. The end caps are temporarily held in by hot melt glue. I will glue the caps in permanently with epoxy resin adhesive.
If they are Selenium Rectifiers, what can I use to replace them.
Thanks for helping out
Don

 

[davenn]

probably a polarised capacitor of some sort ... possibly 16 uF

 

[ivak245]

Test with a meter- a capacitor will show up as an open circuit, a rectifier (if working) will only conduct one way. If they are selenium rectifiers (I have only ever seen them in "stacks" with a screw through the middle), Then a normal silicon diode of the correct rating can be used.

 

[Bluejets]

Same applies here as in this post........
Might work.
Either way, great piece of cheap gear to have in the toolbox.

https://www.electronicspoint.com/forums/threads/how-to-identify-pins.295555/#post-1817631