Maplin - mains transformers
On Sat, 28 Oct 2006 00:28:05 +0100, "Dave Plowman (News)"
wrote:
In article ,
Simon wrote:
That's an interesting list. I currently order most of my stuff from
Maplin and RS, but I will try some of the others.
I did, but now mainly use Rapid. I don't spend a fortune with them as it's
just a (sometimes) paying hobby. They are generous with their catalogue -
unlike RS.
At our local trade counter they are generous with catalogues on
CD-ROM. I can scarcely pick up the box containing the multiple volume
paper catalogue we get nowadays.
The "Radiospares" Catalogue used to be a folder about the size of a
book of log tables that hung on a nail in every electronic workshop,
and the company penetrated the market by issuing enough of them such
that a service engineer always had one within his reach without
getting up off his seat.
In those days components were typically re-marked RS and it was
commonly speculated that semiconductor manufacturers sold their
in-spec devices under their own brand name and their out of spec
devices ...
DG
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