Columbus, IN
Over the years, I've been frustrated more than once when I needed a specific resistor, and couldn't find it locally. I buy lots of resistors, but from time to time, I'll get a board in that someone has robbed parts off of, or something is burnt up that I've never faced before.
Radio shack has some. They have assortments, but they aren't labeled well. You can read color codes and figure out each value, but it's a pain in the butt to find the right value.
When I know I need a specific value, I order 25-100 of that value from GPE, Big Daddy, Mouser, etc. But, that does nothing for the time you need a unique value, and don't have it! So, you place an order for just that value resistor, and the shipping is often more than the resistors.
So, I was thinking, I'll just order 25 of each value from somewhere, and I'll never have this problem again. But then I thought, how do I organize them all?
I need one more container of parts in my shop like I need water in my shoes!
While googling for good ways to organize resistors, I found this:
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Every standard 1/4 watt value up to 1M for about 20 bucks. 10 of each value. 10 isn't much of a supply, but as I use them, I can order 100 of each size I use.
The file cabinet style drawer is handy.
Ottawa, ON
Sana'a
