My friend's refrigerator fan died. No replacement or substitute (one
they tried was 80dB loud) available. Replacement cost, and he is lucky,
$2,000 fir a new one.
Super efficiency is a dangerous thing for society and for business. At
the same time, maintaining complete part replacement is damaging to
profit. You figure, what is the right balance?
73 Lou KE1F
On 10/18/2021 21:36, Alan Bloom wrote:
Recently I tried to order some electronic parts for a project I am
working on. In the old days (like, a year ago) I would just get on
the Digi-Key web site, order what I want, and it would arrive in the
mail in a few days.
These days, there are a LOT of parts on the Digi-Key web site that
show no availability. I wanted to buy 10 standard, run-of-the-mill
LM358 op-amps in an 8-pin DIP package. This is a 25 cent part that
has been around for decades. They had none in stock in that quantity,
from any manufacturer. I ended up ordering a couple in the
old-fashioned TO-5 metal can package for *10 bucks each*. At least
they did have some of those in stock.
I also wanted to buy a ceramic capacitor assortment. They listed 6
assortments that would have worked for me, but all were out of stock.
Manufacturers with "just in time" parts ordering systems are in a
world of hurt these days. Fortunately I don't think Elecraft ever
went down that path.
Alan N1AL
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