Hi there, just to let you know, i went to maplins today to try and get a variable resister from there FX97F is the code and they have discontinued the stock i was told. i relaly need 3 of them, i have all the other parts. I tried ordering on the site but you cant anymore. Does anyone know an alternate? or have a few they will sell?
That's a total bummer, Maplin are dropping all the useful lines. The 4mm bore grommets went, 2mm leds no more, some decent TO220 heatsinks went, now 50R 3W pots. Rapid and ESR don't do an equivalent, try RS or Farnell. Must be me, I quote a code at Fan Noise Solutions and Maplin drop it.
and i thought it was me hmmmmmm perhapse they just dont want customers hell their sales staff in portsmouth act like it note: only some staff act like this if u read this im sure u r a really nice person oh and i probably wont be posting as much as i did ive just bought daoc and play that too much but give me a shout if u see me on excalibur as sare or caunad
i tried typing rheostat in the search box on the farnell site, theres loads of them, dont know which to choose, any ideas?
You're lucky, I've never found anything with Farnell Search. Looked at RS, they do a 50R rated 1.5W (at 70C, but 3W at 20C) that would be fine for a single fan under 215mA (say 2.5W max), 812-774, but the price is a nasty £12.80+del+vat. Also suggested Tekheads start selling them, so get over to their forum and add your pleas. edit: OK, a quick look at Farnell shows 2 suitable (under potentiometers): 351313 - 50R 3W, £11.56 + vat 350862 - 47R 2W, £4 + vat. The second one (2W) should be fine up to 260mA (3W) fans if you keep it aired, but there's a datasheet available.
It's ironic, I remember when Maplin started - basically 2 guys running a mail order business from a spare bedroom. They were electronics enthusiasts selling to enthusiasts. They sold virtually everything the electronics hobbyist needed at the cheapest prices going. Now they have been taken over and rapidly becoming yet another non-descript retailer selling the same old limited range of stuff (at high prices) as everyone else. Just like the high street chains and retail parks which only sell mass market mediocre boxes of flashing lights and switches with no style or real performance. E.G. I have yet to find a high street chin or retail park shop that sells "real" hi-fi and not just the mass market pretenders. Hell if I wanted to be a sheep I'd live in a field. (Stopping ranting now before I get carried away ).
Ah think i could get a few of these, theres a small electronics shop in harrogate which i think has them.....suppose thats what maplins was like before they went expensive and commercial
You started it I found the shop I got my first red-spot transistor from back in the dark ages was still trading (http://www.bardwells.co.uk/home.html), souped up my crystal set so it would get Radio Luxemburg
And as soon as I get a 15k resistor I promise to build it too. Come on in, Linear, post some pics of the wee one
