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I think it could just be a bridge rectifier. Sure it has six pins, but the two pins on each side seem kinda close to each other, so maybe they're simply connected and this bridge is designed for two different things to be wired in parallel on it. A good example of this idea is MO caps. They have four spade terminals, but simply because it's easier to wire the multiple connections on them this way.
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^^ Thats true, although you can actually see where they're connected together, but with this mystery object, you can't.
Another thing I'm noticing, there are 2 sets of green and yellow dots placed in front of the sidemost pins [refer to last pic in his first post]. Wonder if they corespond to something? Makes me think of dual SCR's or Triacs, with the Gates on either side...
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by the way in the last picture you cant see but there 5, count them 5 coloured dots! -2 green on the left pins -2 yellow on the right pins -and you cant see but one red on the top pin Nothing on the bottom pin
I was doing some tesing tonight and I think it might be a transistor or an SCR. When you connect a -5vdc to one green pin, connect the +5vdc to corrisponding yellow you get +5vdc out the unmarked pin(with respect to ground). I have not yet tried this on the other side. It seems that in this situation it does not matter what yellow pin +5vdc is aplied to still +5vdc out the unmarked pin. So SCR or dual transistor with common gate?
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Testing something with a -5v supply isnt exactly the best way to go about it. Take resistance measurements between pins and see what you come up with. If you find pins that have 0 resistance, then maybe they could be internally connected, like mentioned above. This is getting me curious to see what this really is
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What is it?
Take resistance measurements between pins and see what you come up with. If you find pins that have 0 resistance, then maybe they could be internally connected, like mentioned above. This is getting me curious to see what this really is 
