Game: Guess the mystery object !

[piferal]

Actuator, motor?

Measures please?

 

[HIMNL9]

I have seen some different items, with that shape, so .....

it can be a shock sensor (used in alarms for prevent items stealing) ..... also, we used in the past a thermal protector with that same shape (bimetallic thermic switch) ..... or it can be a miniature radiation revealer tube EDIT: Geiger tube, i mean (the ones i've seen was bigger, but the shape was similar) .....

Some other things come in mind, but less probable .....

 

[BShanahan14rulz]

Looks like a tiny electrical turkey fryer. Not very useful unless you also buy the turkey shrinker.

 

[Brenner]

Solenoid something

 

[Sigurthr]

It could be a geiger tube, but it would be very tiny and there doesn't appear to be enough isolation between the anode and cathode; they operate around 1kV. I would guess a mercury switch.

 

[Blord]

That is just a big drill bit. To bore a hole in concrete of something.

 

[Flaminpyro]

Looks like a press in diode for a car alternator...

 

[ped]

some very good guesses , I didnt give the dimensions as that would immediately give it away.

One of you is almost on the money

 

[Wolfman29]

Hmm. Photodiode?

 

[ped]

nope , but around the same size.

 

[BShanahan14rulz]

One of you is almost on the money

Obviously he's referring to me.

Is it the actual turkey shrinker? At first I thought it was a turkey transmogrifier, but those are usually rectangular prismatics, not cylindrical. But then again, turkey shrinkers usually have a TIP (turkey interface plane) port parallel to the electrodes, so it's not that....

It's not a laser diode, because I don't think laser diodes have been invented yet....

Could it be the device that cools the turkey AFTER it has been shrinked and deep-fried?

 

[Benm]

I think its quite small, and those two metal pins are 2.5 or 5 mm apart as to fit a circuit board.

Question remains what it actually is - could be photodiode, but also a small gas sensor or even a geiger counter tube... or perhaps even an ancient LED.

 

[GoolGaul]

vibration sensor?
I saw something similar in a light up yo-yo many years ago.

 

[Sigurthr]

Could be a transducer, or a microphone, or an LED.

 

[ped]

vibration sensor?
I saw something similar in a light up yo-yo many years ago.

Absolutely spot on well done

Movement & Vibration Switches | Assemtech

When I said earlier someone was almost on the money, it was HIMNL9 when he said "shock sensor" , along with about 5 other suggestions in the same post

Your turn.

 

[HIMNL9]

Well, perhaps GoolGaul post nothing, so in the meantime try to guess this one

Edit: some help ..... it's old, it's not used actually (luckily ), and it's painful

Edit2: STOP JUMPING AND STOMPING ON THE FLOOR !! ..... dammit ..... it's already the 5th earthquake in 3 days, now .....