[sdiy] weird array of potentiometers

[Colin Hinz]

On Tue, 27 Apr 2004, Peter Grenader wrote:

> Be careful what you wish for....
>
> Listen, i LOVE ALL Electronics.  I live 10 minutes from the place and I
> appreciate that convenience and the fact that they do extend a discount to
> cash customers - to put it mildly.  There are many components types sold
> there that will afford you the same quality you'd find at the 'big boys' at
> sometimes a forth of the cost.  Your best bet is to buy larger quantites as
> they hate counting them and will always give you a big benefit of the doubt.
> I recently purchased 100 red 3mm LEDs for $8 and  2N2222's for 10 cents
> each!
>
> But...
>
> Some of their pots are absolute crap.  Loose shafts, broken leads, missing
> hardware, gungie dirty, etc etc.
>
> Be careful with their pots.

I've been in electronics surplus stores in several cities, and I think
Peter's advisory applies to surplus store pots from just about anywhere.
Trouble is, the sort of casual abuse that parts suffer from the time
they become "surplus" to someone's needs to the time they appear on
the shelf of a surplus store, really isn't all that kind to pots.

Pots just don't like being shoved around. Just like me :=) :=)

- Colin Hinz
  Toronto, Canada