Types of resistors and capacitors

[kellyseye]

at a storage drawer per possible value? Or just a drawer per value you HAVE? Could be an AWFUL lot of drawers!!!!

[Demon]

Yup, 5 cabinets of 60 drawers. Planning on adding 5 more cabinets at least. So lets say about 600 drawers, probably more knowing me.

Wait 'till I post pics of the mancave once it's finished.

[AvionicsMaster1]

Don't forget a drawer for a bazillion different physical sizes of surface mount stuff.

I usually use NTE for parts and looking at their site http://www.nteinc.com/capacitors.php?a=2 they have several different names from you've got. I think you'd have to know the manufacturer's part number to find the exact name as I'm sure some are proprietary.

I ended up using something like this http://www.grainger.com/product/DURH...Code=P2IDP2PCPas I think you can cram more parts in a smaller area. Of course if you've got massive quantities this won't work.

Just a few thoughts. Hope they help.

[Demon]

I started with these:




Then added these for bulk:




Recently got 3 more blue cabinets (yes I can't count, that's 6 not 5) and 3 white ones for bulk:




But I plan on getting several more blue ones. I tend to get a lot of variety for testing and now only buy specific items in bulk. So yeah, that's gonna be a lot of data to enter, lots of labels to tape up.

I did get a new barcode app for my phone that works beautifully and doesn't access personal info. Now I have to research bluetooth technology to get the scanned code to Access 2002 on my laptop.

Robert

[Demon]

Got myself a BT dongle for a few bucks:
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/380829452119?

Not sure how it can be used so far.

Robert

[kellyseye]

I have 10 of those 60-drawer cabinets, Resistors, capacitors, LEDs, analogue ICs, Digital ICs, Transistors (inc FETs etc), inductors, hardware etc etc etc. Plus three larger cabinets for other stuff.

Even with the cabinets I have now I can only allocate ONE set of drawers to resistors (E12 series only!!!) as there are 84 values there alone so I'm already doubling-up! I don't separate resistors by 'type' any more - they all go into the value drawer applicable.

[AvionicsMaster1]

You win!!!!

I thought I had alot of stuff but you've got me beat hands down.

I do need to thank you though. I showed your stuff to my wife and now she's somewhat more accommodating of my stuff. Thanks.

Does the trophy have a good story behind it?

[Demon]

LOL yeah, it's not mine. One of my kung fu students won one of my annual tournaments and I was supposed to engrave it for him (many moons ago). But I lost contact with him so it stands there on 1 leg, waiting.

[Demon]

...I do need to thank you though. I showed your stuff to my wife and now she's somewhat more accommodating of my stuff. Thanks.
...?

Tell her that pic of the 3 blue and 1 white are in the kitchen. LOL

The wife was real happy I bought that HP 8600 laserjet on the wooden table recently. We had been several months without a printer and we really love that one. It's the first all-in-one I get that the darn fax doesn't disturb your phone line. Now she can send and receive faxes at will, photocopy, print from the back PC without any wiring. I get to print from my phone, USB thumbdrive or memory sticks, scan images much easier than before.

There is one downside, the wireless link drops sometimes. It might take several attempts to print a document. It could be XP or my router, so I'm not blaming the printer for that yet. Sometimes it works on the first shot.

Oh yeah, and that black bag on the white cabinet is for my laptop. It's been on the kitchen table for a few weeks now.

Robert