Re: Digital VX40B - Multia?

Jason Thorpe <[email protected]> Mon, 1 Apr 2024 11:25:06 -0700
Newsgroups gmane.os.netbsd.ports.alpha
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> On Apr 1, 2024, at 10:49 AM, Dave McGuire <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
>  Whoa, no.  That is an "arc gap" capacitor, which is a capacitor that has an integral spark gap that shunts high-voltage spikes to ground, usually on signals that leave a board and are expected to have long wires.  (Note that it's right next to an external connector)

...sold by Vishay under the extremely clever name Gap-Kap :-)

-- thorpej