Radio Shack

Ian S. King isking at uw.edu
Thu Feb 5 22:59:22 CST 2015


On Thu, Feb 5, 2015 at 8:19 PM, Chuck Guzis <cclist at sydex.com> wrote:

> On 02/05/2015 08:13 PM, Dave G. wrote:
>
>  I often have episodes of "dammit! that was my last xx uF cap!" and then
>> I go to Radio Shack to see if I can find it.
>>
>
> Chuck's rule of thumb:  If the component cost is less than $10, but
> several of them.  In other words, if you need a 10uF 15v electrolytic, buy
> 10 of them.
>
> My parts drawers overfloweth.
>
> --Chuck
>
>
> +1 (or should that be +10?)


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Ian S. King, MSIS, MSCS
Ph.D. Candidate
The Information School
University of Washington

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