Mouser catalog

[Multi-Volti Devices]

Last I knew, Mouser sold to the public, experimenters, etc. I did not need a
company name last time I talked to them.

Murray
-----Original Message-----
From: analogee at gte.net <analogee at gte.net>
To: HEATH at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV <HEATH at LISTSERV.TEMPE.GOV>
Date: Sunday, March 07, 1999 5:30 PM
Subject: Re: Heathkit Apache


>Another Heathkit Fanatic wrote:
>
>> Then I saw one of the 5r4's blink and the fuses popped.
>> About an hour later I traced the trouble down to a .001mf 2kv cap
>> that went short. It's the one on the input of the plate choke, I don't
>> seem to have one on hand to replace it with, so I just removed it
>
>
>Dear "73" Dave and James D. Mayfield:
>
>I've got all the answers regarding your blown transmitter capacitor.
>
>Send me your street address, and I will send you a shiny-new .001uF 3kV
>ceramic disc capacitor, on-the-house.
>
>Never seen your particular radio, but there are always two categories
>of parts in an engineer's design:  "Mandatory" and "Optional".
>
>The Mandatory parts are the ones where you cut it loose and the
>radio stops working, or smoke pours out.
>
>The Optional parts are the ones where you cut it loose and everything
>seems to work just great.
>
>Most equipment designs have quite a lot of optional parts...
>
>Unfortunately, unless you talk to the original engineer, you might be
>mistaking an optional part for a mandatory part.  Under certain
>circumstances (a certain gain factor in a tube, or a certain
>temperature) the part might be necessary.  It might also be that the
>part improves overall performance (cuts spurious sidebands down, or
>reduces audio distortion, etc.) and you just aren't aware yet of the
>degradations that are occurring with the part removed.
>
>That is why, if the original design engineer is not available for
>comment, we should maintain the equipment to original specifications.
>
>I have your capacitor sitting on my desk.  It is new, with long leads,
>and rated at 3kV.  I also have a .001uF / 15kV available, but it is
>larger and cost me lots of money.  Also if the 2kV unit blew, 3kV ought
>to avoid future troubles.
>
>It came from a company called "Mouser".  They are sitting on the fence
>somewhere between wholesale and retail.  You can get a catalog if you
>give them a (fictitious) business name, and call 1-800-346-6873
>http://www.mouser.com
>
>They have parts such as this high-voltage cap.  Digi-Key
>(1-800-DIGI-KEY) is also a company that has abundant parts, pretending
>to be wholesale, but charging prices well above retail.
>
>Good Luck!
>
>- Norm
>  analogee at gte.net
>
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