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  • Re: Source for Capacitors

    From Utopian Galt@21:4/108 to Oli on Sun Jun 6 12:42:01 2021
    BY: Oli(21:3/102)


    |11O|09> |10i wonder where the electronic parts you order in the 'free world' are|07
    |11O|09> |10produced?|07
    Monopolies are not good in general even if its intra-country companies.


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  • From Otto Reverse@21:1/225 to tenser on Wed Jun 9 16:15:36 2021
    For North America, the usuals are Mouser, Digikey, Arrow, and
    Newark, pretty much in that order.

    They'll get you on shipping costs, though. Arrow used to have

    I ordered from Mouser. Shipping was $8 so I ordered double of everything to make shipping worth it (ha!) and to start my collection of spares.

    Yeah, the supply chain issues several industries are having is phenomenal. On the flip side it is making used items very valuable.

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