On Tue, 11 Jun 2002, R. D. Davis wrote:
  Quothe Gene Buckle, from writings of Sat, Jun 08, 2002
at 07:24:38AM -0700:
  he went into RS looking for a GaSFET and was
promptly told that he might
 have better luck in an auto parts store. 
 Back when I was in high school, when a 1 farad capacitor would have
 been, physically, huge (probably about the size of an RS store, or
 something like that), one could telephone a RS store and ask for a 100
 farad, 1KV, capacitor and the sales clerk would say "I'll check to see
 if we have any." 
  Just a sanity check, here.  What would be the _DC_ rating of a
momentary switch rated at 3A, 125VAC?
        Doc