Steve;
you are very right. There is something very odd going on here. First off, the size of the threads on loop and pencil types are different and I don't see how the fat resistor wires and insulators would fit on the end of a pencil type plug. Perhaps we can get a picture. I'll invite the original poster to join us here.

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