service kits parts for shop

[nosaj]

I found these some time ago and had ordered some. came in handy today on a yamaha subwoofer . they are cheap enough and you get a variety for not much money. click the search results kits for diodes and zeners
nosaj

If anyone else has any other kits theyve run across please post.

[g1]

Just yesterday I noticed there was a 'kits' section at digikey.
https://www.digikey.com/en/products/category/kits/31

[Enzo]

I am not much of a kit guy. MAny years ago I bought a nice resistor kit. I forget who name brand, A=B maybe? It came in a cool little plastic drawer unit. The tray shelves had long narrow dividers so many values per drawer. It was useful except 50 years later I still have some of them. Like how many 1800 ohm or 330k or 22 ohm do I need?

The Marlin Jones kits looked fun, like the thermal fuses. For $4 why not, but I pretty much would expect to use 2 or 3 values and the rest would sit. But at least I wouldn't have to hunt for them at Mouser. I built my collection one at a time. I found resistors cost about a dollar for 100, so when I needed 100k, 1.5k, 68k, and whatever, I just bought a bag of 100 of each.

[Mick Bailey]

Its a good while since I bought service kits, but at one time my local (usually expensive) electronics shop used to do clearance offers on them and they were cheaper to buy just for a few useful parts than paying postage and minimum order charges from my regular suppliers. I have plenty of parts left over from them - all the commonly used values got quickly used up and the rest are rarely needed. The best kit I got was 1000 1/4w metal film resistors in really useful values - every one got used and the quantities were in proportion to their usefulness - so fewer lesser-used values. Someone really gave some thought to that kit.

[The Dude]

I am not much of a kit guy. MAny years ago I bought a nice resistor kit. I forget who name brand, A=B maybe? It came in a cool little plastic drawer unit. The tray shelves had long narrow dividers so many values per drawer. It was useful except 50 years later I still have some of them. Like how many 1800 ohm or 330k or 22 ohm do I need?

The Marlin Jones kits looked fun, like the thermal fuses. For $4 why not, but I pretty much would expect to use 2 or 3 values and the rest would sit. But at least I wouldn't have to hunt for them at Mouser. I built my collection one at a time. I found resistors cost about a dollar for 100, so when I needed 100k, 1.5k, 68k, and whatever, I just bought a bag of 100 of each.

I agree, although kits might be a good thing if you're starting from scratch.