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fletcher_bosom@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

It’s a variable resistor, commonly called a varistor. Probably metal-oxide and probably used for surge protection (which explains why is the part that fried). Unfortunately that’s all I can tell you.

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elmicha@feddit.org ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
I had to look it up myself - from Wikipedia:

A varistor (a.k.a. voltage-dependent resistor (VDR)) is a surge protecting electronic component with an electrical resistance that varies with the applied voltage.

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