Ever since I went to the dark side more than 10 years ago (surface mount) I vowed I would never come back. No regrets, yet. I can only think of a few cases where I had to use a large resistor due to power (heat) instead of SMT.
I can fit several thousand 0805 resistors into a small plastic box from Harbor Freight Tools, and they cost less than a penny each. On Friday, December 12, 2025 at 2:26:13 PM UTC-8 Mac Doktor wrote: > *Coming back to this...* > > > On Nov 5, 2025, at 6:51 PM, Tom Katt <[email protected]> wrote: > > That's *exactly* what I'm looking for! And what nice packaging! You'd > think that would be easy to find these days, but *nope*. I think eBay > scouting might be the answer for me. > > > Didn't someone already mention EEEEE?: > > > https://www.amazon.com/EEEEE-Resistor-Assortment-Electrical-Industrial/dp/B09PLNPX3P/?th=1 > > Beautiful packaging. > > Now check out this notebook full of resistors in pouches: > > > https://www.amazon.com/EEEEE-Resistor-Compliant-resistors-Assortment/dp/B08BNDL6DS/ > > Tell me where to buy an empty "book" like that and I'll be stuffing bagged > parts into it as soon as it gets here. > > > Terry Bowman, KA4HJH > "The Mac Doctor" > > https://www.astarcloseup.com > > "Every kid starts out as a natural-born scientist, and then we beat it out > of them. A few trickle through the system with their wonder and enthusiasm > for science intact."—Carl Sagan, *Psychology Today*, 1996 > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/9f864e16-fe9f-466f-b443-c66fd46728bdn%40googlegroups.com.
