Yes I know..
Mouser is great (and quite fairly priced), but I`m afraid that
there`s other issues involved as well :)
As I`m currently living in Norway I have to pay a certain amount of
freight and VAT when ordering from abroad. I could probably save a
couple of dollars if I ordered large quantities. That said..
My supplier in Sweden has got a fairly nice selection of components,
and the price range for his resistors varies from 0.19 - 1.44 swedish
kroner (approx) 1 Swedish Kroner is at current rate 0.136451 USD
which then gives a price range of approx 0.025 - 0.196 USD for his
parts. (But he hasn`t got to many of the 1/4w resistors in his
webshop.. so therefore the 0,6w type..)
and also.. when ordering from abroad, if I stay below a certain
amount I dont have to pay any form of taxes, and when ordering for
lets say 100-200 NOK it is small enough to be sent by letter form
which is faster and cheaper.. So I`m afraid all this is down to
economics..
I`m a cheap bastard :) ..no to be serious.. at the moment I`m mostly
doing this for learning and experience, and by doing it this way its
no big deal if I don`t get things to work because I`ve hardly paid
anything for it.
I am however planning to buy higher quality (and the right type of)
components when I get the hang of this stuff :)
regards
Rune
Mouser is great (and quite fairly priced), but I`m afraid that
there`s other issues involved as well :)
As I`m currently living in Norway I have to pay a certain amount of
freight and VAT when ordering from abroad. I could probably save a
couple of dollars if I ordered large quantities. That said..
My supplier in Sweden has got a fairly nice selection of components,
and the price range for his resistors varies from 0.19 - 1.44 swedish
kroner (approx) 1 Swedish Kroner is at current rate 0.136451 USD
which then gives a price range of approx 0.025 - 0.196 USD for his
parts. (But he hasn`t got to many of the 1/4w resistors in his
webshop.. so therefore the 0,6w type..)
and also.. when ordering from abroad, if I stay below a certain
amount I dont have to pay any form of taxes, and when ordering for
lets say 100-200 NOK it is small enough to be sent by letter form
which is faster and cheaper.. So I`m afraid all this is down to
economics..
I`m a cheap bastard :) ..no to be serious.. at the moment I`m mostly
doing this for learning and experience, and by doing it this way its
no big deal if I don`t get things to work because I`ve hardly paid
anything for it.
I am however planning to buy higher quality (and the right type of)
components when I get the hang of this stuff :)
regards
Rune
--- In cgs_synth@yahoogroups.com, Richard Brewster <pugix@...> wrote:
>
> You can get 1% 1/4watt resistors from Mouser.com quite cheap, and
if you
> intend to do a lot of building it pays to buy 200 quantity for
$4.00
> US. That is 2 cents apiece. Are your 0,6w resistors cheaper than
that?
> If those are 10% tolerance I would stay away. You want at least a
5%
> tolerance resistor. And for some things you do need a 1%
tolerance. I
> only use the 1% tolerance from Mouser, because they are so cheap.
Now
> that I have built up my resistor stock I hardly ever have to order
more
> resistors for new projects.
>
> Richard Brewster
> http://www.pugix.com
>