[sdiy] Suggestions for stocking parts bins?

[Jason Proctor]

yeah the resistor bags on ebay are a bargain. no reason to buy 5% 
resistors ever again.

watch out for the cap bags though. the electrolytics included have a 
wide voltage range, and i for one found out that some of the common 
values can't take enough juice to go in (for example) a +/-15v module.



>Keep an eye on Ebay for the occasional good deal. In the past month
>I've seen several nice 1% resistor assortments. Other good deals I've
>come across recently are 250-1000 piece bags of capacitors for a
>couple dollars. I just received a few orders of caps for restoring my
>old mixing console - 1000 22uF BP, 20 220uF BP, 40 WIMA 1uF, 250
>Polybox 1uF and some others. All for what amounts to a few fast-food
>lunches (yes I'm hungry).
>
>The bulk bag stuff is a good way to stock up on certain parts or
>values you'll always need. Just make sure the parts are new before
>ordering.
>
>M. A. Ruberto