I found 3 of these in a packet inside a pin I bought recently (Chance by Playmatic) and I guess it's something for the machine, but I've never seen anything like them before... just wondered if anyone with more sense than me (and that leaves a LOT of potential!) recognises them... They appear to be new... they're so small that I couldn't see that there was writing on them (let alone read it) 'till I looked at the photo! The size is about the same as the tip of a mobile phone charger insert (around 3mm dia, or 1/8th inch).

Thanks for any help in identification!

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I guess these are fish to go with all those chips!

That's what I was thinking... I can't see them anywhere on the boards in the game though... I'll chuck 'em in my spare capacitor tray to never to be seen again I think!

They're plastic not ceramic... In the 2nd pic you can see where the plastic melted a bit when the solder was applied... at least I guess that's what happened...

Thanks Tekman... I'm humbled by your knowledge clearly demonstrated in your top-notch reply! Now I know why you have that name!!

So I guess it means that I shouldn't be trying them in any location that has higher than 4V, or they'll go pop!?

It does indeed, and it ties in with the spec Tekman stated too... I got a whole 3 off these totally free with my game... that's a whole dollars worth of free parts!