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Title: Just curious
Post by: Truckstop on August 29, 2009, 04:44:20 AM
Doe's anyone else here use Dale resisters?

If so where do you buy yours from...

Truckstop
Title: Re: Just curious
Post by: Joker94 on August 29, 2009, 05:47:34 AM
is this what you are looking for, not that i use them or have purchased then before

http://au.mouser.com/dale/ (http://au.mouser.com/dale/)
Title: Re: Just curious
Post by: Truckstop on August 29, 2009, 02:57:16 PM
Sorry i meant to post a picture.. thats close i dont use the surface mount circuits. mostly just curious who else use's them, i get mine from a company called Suntron. its an electronics manufacturing company i used to work at.
Title: Re: Just curious
Post by: Joker94 on August 29, 2009, 05:38:29 PM
what is different about them to the carbon film resistors that i use ???
Title: Re: Just curious
Post by: Truckstop on August 29, 2009, 05:44:50 PM
supposedly there a better grade component. last longer etc... i use them because there different
Title: Re: Just curious
Post by: Joker94 on August 29, 2009, 05:53:06 PM
how much do they cost
Title: Re: Just curious
Post by: SmAsH on August 29, 2009, 06:07:05 PM
how much do they cost
is this what you are looking for, not that i use them or have purchased then before

http://au.mouser.com/dale/ (http://au.mouser.com/dale/)
you yourself posted a link to a distributor... you should click around a bit ;)
they cost around $1-$2 each from digikey, so about 20-80x the price of a normal resistor.
Title: Re: Just curious
Post by: Truckstop on August 29, 2009, 06:15:54 PM
yeah there a tad expensive. but i like the look they give a project, also note that you will find them in any high grade electrical equipment such as medical, military, etc.. they have a very professional look. However I'm not saying a project is better then another because they use dale, please don't take it that way. i do prototype with regular 3 and 4 band resistors but my finished boards get the dales. also now that i think of it, iv never blown a dale...

Truckstop
Title: Re: Just curious
Post by: SmAsH on August 29, 2009, 07:31:10 PM
nah, i didn't take it the wrong way.
i can understand why you would want to use dale resistors.
man i wish i could get my hands on ex military stuff...
Title: Re: Just curious
Post by: Truckstop on August 29, 2009, 08:10:22 PM
you should be able to order it from allelectronics.com i have seen them there from time to time. there also cheaper when you find them there. i get most of mine free from suntron. if you want when i get my next batch (in a couple weeks) i could mail a few to you to play with. i only get 5 or 6 at a time but my current project is in a redesign phase. so... your in Australia right?

Truckstop
Title: Re: Just curious
Post by: SmAsH on August 30, 2009, 01:31:58 AM
yeah, that would be great!
id love a few to play around with ;D
Title: Re: Just curious
Post by: Truckstop on August 30, 2009, 01:37:05 AM
cool, e-mail or message me a shipping address and i will get some off to you when i get some more

Truckstop