-=> Roy J. Tellason said to Greg Mayman
 -=> about "VEHICLE LED'S" on 10-06-03  20:01.....

 RJT> Mica?  I had no idea that's what was in there.  Those things were
 RJT> *riveted* in place,  and not at all easy to remove,  if one were so
 RJT> inclined. 
 
Mica was used in most of the older ones. They might have used
ceramic or other substances in the later ones. I know from
personal experience those resistors got uncomfortably HOT when
the regulators cut in.

From Greg Mayman, in beautiful Adelaide, South Australia
   "Queen City of The South"    34:55 S  138:36 E

... First Law of Lab Work:  Hot glass looks exactly the same as cold glass
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