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You all recall this post, right? Scrolling down, you see that my question wasn't answered-- although I'm not sure who would know with certainty. But.... what is it? Everything popping out is pre-Prohibition, but maybe this is a newer outlier that somehow got stuck in the dirt floor of the abandoned building? You can see that I took it apart somewhat to try and figure it out, but it wasn't helpful other than to tell me that it has to do with electricity but isn't my first guess. Now I have to deal with college, so I'm not able to work on solving this.
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^ When it was as intact as I had found it. ^The paper is coated in something that is now coated in acid and rust, so that's why it survived. I have found a few pieces of paper on the surface, but nothing more than several decades back. This was in the ground-- where everything is pre-Prohibition. Again: I'm thinking it's newer than that.
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Slices open.
3P1HlX6kNxyggM2SW4b2XJ0DEEy5Jv2LC9H5RxxOU7DR=w958-h719-no
t0FjjO2dfQRbEvTtVyAJfnDDlWfduPmvu0vLyvCgra79=w958-h719-no
It displays both semi-modern and somewhat old characteristics. Some sort of transistor on there?
QVXgeLcDd997fJtGCn56lPnYYvyT1Go7CO9sd9u3RCpA=w958-h719-no
29hgVRfEudWtwh9hPR2OelI4Rl7wyT3VdyrY_TpEUrA1=w958-h719-no
C0d_59iJnnKHSRWO1gKAC33btO3COVNT0TFdB6pWJmQe=w958-h719-no
The red is not a rubber coating as far as I can tell.In the back, where you cannot see, is a tongue of metal that curves inward.
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^ "UL / MADE IN U S A" ^ What is it for, what does it do, when is it from?
 

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Thanks, Andy. :)My original thought was battery, though. LOL.I've moved away from that but do believe that it attached to something to control power.
 

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Possibly a Capacitor, they were used on early motors as a starting device to help a motor come up to speed originally, but are also used for other things now.......Andy
 

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anywhere from 2inches long and about an 1 1/4 in diameter, up to 8 inches and three in diameter, for the toilet paper roll tube shapes, then there are the other shapes, but I think all the older were tube shaped......Andy
 

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I looked into it based on a few people's suggestions (yours being the only one on here.)It might have the chance of being for an early radio. I have emailed someone about it now that there's a little more to go on. Thanks again, Andy. :)
 

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That is a fluorescent lamp starter.I used to change them all the time 40 years ago when they were popular.
 

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