[Boatanchors] Capacitors

[Charlie Cheney]

WRT Mouser, yes, they have very reasonable prices and extensive stock, 
but unless I missed an button during my most recent checkout, their 
online order site doesn't allow you to find out what shipping is going 
to cost, you just have to select a method blind. I was pretty shocked 
that a $40 order weighing less than a pound and containing no special 
hazardous items cost me $16 to ship to MA via FedEx ground. And I never 
got any paperwork telling me what I was paying for shipping, I only 
found it out by looking at my credit card statement. Maybe they were 
embarrassed to admit it.

Maybe the thing to do is call in the order and discuss shipping options 
with a live person.

Regards,

Charlie K1LDZ


On 8/15/2011 7:09 PM, Al Parker wrote:
> Hi Larry,
> 	Not sure where you're looking, but try Mouser.com.  Axial leads seem to
> be getting like you say, particularly in the higher voltages, but
> "radial" are still more affordable.
> 	And they don't have a min. qty&  don't tack on extra handling, etc., chgs.
> 73,
>
> Al, W8UT
> www.boatanchors.org
> www.hammarlund.info
>
> "There is nothing -- absolutely nothing -- half so much
> worth doing as simply messing about in boats"
> Ratty, to Mole
>
> On 8/15/2011 6:49 PM, telegrapher at q.com wrote:
>> Why are electrolytic capacitors so expensive?  Even the newer Aluminum are out of this world.  I am looking for a 20 @ 450V and a 50 and 150V.  One is $17 and the other is either $25 or $38 for single quantities.  Almost to expensive to fix and sending them in to Hayseed would run around $30 ea also.  This is for a real nice Gates Modulation Monitor with a pair of nice big meters on the front, one for reading transmitter on or off frequency values and the other is for modulation.
>>
>> I have not determined that they existing caps are bad but as they are probably 40 plus years old, why not fix them now instead of having to pull the thing out of a rack to redo later.
>>
>> Maybe i'll junk it out!  NOT!
>>
>> Larry
>> W0OGH
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