On Friday, April 13, 2018 at 12:13:21 PM UTC-4, Jeff Liebermann wrote:
Should that happen, be advised
that I derive considerable sadistic enjoyment watching others reinvent
the wheel.

Oh, you should, you should!

Horses for courses. Special applications require special attention - no surprise there.

Generally, when I "fix" something, I want it to stay that way. So, I will use (where appropriate) precision resistors, 105C+ caps, pre-screened film caps, matched transistors, dual-element fuses - again, where appropriate. The incremental cost across any one device will be less than the postage for that 'special' part and so forth. And, I also want to understand the 'why' of things. But I have no particular investment in being 'right', or even in being 'correct'. Just in the ultimate results.

Case-in-point - the relay for the HK Citation 17. After all the discussion, using the OEM relay just turned out to give a good result with no second thoughts or guesses. Good enough for me. Was it my only good option? Probably not. Was it -a- good option. Yes.

Peter Wieck
Melrose Park, PA