On 10/01/2014 8:51 AM, trader_4 wrote:
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A diode that costs maybe 10 cents has a big impact on price?

_Every_ component has an impact on price for consumer-priced goods when
amplified by the numbers.

I don't _know_ it's the case precisely with the particular units but I'd
venture it's a reasonable conjecture.

Do you have the actual vendor/model number handy?

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