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[John A Diefenbach, K1TLV]

I guess it's best to explain...
Mouser does not normally stock the 5KP90CA as these particular bi-directional diodes are not in great demand. If I wished to order from Mouser the minimum quantity I could order was 800ea! for Littlefuse and 30,000ea for another brand: same diode - different manufacturer. I only needed 4; not 800, or 30,000.

I went to the Littlefuse website and checked for availability. Two suppliers stocked the diodes: DigiKey had about 1,800 ('tho DigiKey did not show that quantity when I went direct to DigiKey) and Apex in England had a lesser quantity.

I called the DigiKey "800" number and voila! DigiKey salespeople confirmed the quantity and said they would supply what I needed. I took 8...4 for spares (I don't want to go through this again.).

End of story...jd
---- Glen Zook <gzook at YAHOO.COM> wrote: 
> Mouser has no minimum for orders to the United States,
> Canada, or Mexico.  They do have a minimum for other
> countries.
> 
> Glen, K9STH
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> --- "Charles W. Morehouse" <w4gbw at BELLSOUTH.NET>
> wrote:
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> As of my last order a couple of weeks ago, to Mouser,
> they had no minimum.  I could be wrong.  Luck.
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> John Diefenbach wrote:
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> I have a need for 4ea 5kp90ca - transient voltage
> suppression diodes. These are used in high-level
> application surge suppressors and minimum quantities
> from Mouser, Digikey, etc., exceed my minimum
> requirements. Any suggestions?
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> Glen, K9STH
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> Website:  http://k9sth.com
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