Bingo..I'm thinking the metal plate was just a convenient place to glop it all onto
It's a plate on 14 pins (vertical in the picture), which is part of the circuit. The bundle of caps glued to it are C412R, C412L, C444R, C444L. The plate seems painted metal but it's marked IC402, is it an IC? There are 3 such plates on the board, marked as IC401, 402, 403. IC's that look like chips are marked IC301, 302 and so on.Thats NOT a metal plate shown in the 2nd. picture.
It is a plate with circuits on it.
You can tell it has wire leads going to the PCB and has a pin (just under the caps) marked #1.
Please don't try and pry them off the "plate" with too much force or CRACK goes the ceramic!
Mark T.
Yes, I think those are thermistors.Possibly temperature compensation?
Possibly temperature compensation?
Yes, I think those are thermistors.