Sad to hear that about Mouser - just by luck I ordered from DigiKey.
I substituded 10v instead of 6.3v for the 1000uF HE's. (the life on
those HE's is something, eh?)

I really like Mouser's website where you can look at their catalog
pages and CLICK on the part number to order - that is nice.

TTI, I never heard of but was looking at their site. They are a
distributor, will they sell "one of these" "two of those" orders?

Any other mega electronics mailorder? I know there is Newark. MCI
used to have a small bit but now they are... well... I don't know
exactly what they are now-a-days.

I remember Allied.


Chuck Harris wrote:

wrote:
Ha! The best laid plans....

So I get all the Nichicon HE's picked out (need 4 types) and Digikey
and Mouser have backorders.

Forget about the 1000uF 6.3v, probably shortage due to "badcaps?"

So how do you pro's order? Do you hunt for a vendor that has
everything or simply pick your 1st vendor, buy what he has, pick 2nd
vendor, buy what he has, etc????

A little of both. This "just-in-time" crap sure has taken all the
fun out of engineering.

I have had rush jobs where the shipping charges run twice the cost
of the parts.

One thing, since Mouser became part of TTI, their inventory screwups
have bitten me on just about every order. You order a part, their website
says they have XX number of that part in stock. You receive a confirmation,
showing your order as complete. and then a while later, you get
a note saying your order has been shipped, but all XX of the part you
needed are on back order until 2006.

So, you dig a little, and go over to TTI's website, and find that TTI
has 5 * XX of the part in stock. So you call your Mouser girl, and tell
her, and she says, "Hmmm? It looks like we have stock after all!". They
reserve the stock, you get your delivery, and ... NOTHING! A week later,
you get XX of the parts in the mail.

-Chuck Harris