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Buy Transistor - Dilemma

I want to purchase 100 each of the BD435 and BD436. I went to Digi-Key, and they don't have them; I searched for them and browsed the catalog, no luck. So I went to Mouser, and they have them, but minimum purchase is 2000. I searched several other places on the web (Futurlec, BDent, MCM ..) without success. I've attempted to buy Philips parts, but I got the runaround. I talked to or emailed a Philips distributor and they sent me to a local rep. I talked to the rep, and they sent me back to the distributor. It's is blatantly obvious that they don't want to deal with small fish, just the bigger purchasers.

So I face a dilemma. How to get a few hundred transistors without buying a few thousand, or something like that. Maybe it's my inexperience with dealing with this sort of thing. In any case, I'm open to ideas. Thanks.

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Watson A.Name "Watt Sun - the
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Why not just buy NTE 184 and NTE 185.

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john

Arrow Electronics

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can get both. Lead time is 8 weeks however. Call 1-877-237-8621 for quote.

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Baphomet

For a hundred of each? That's almost $500 for the NTEs, compared to maybe $70 or $80!!!

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Hey ! You are the one who has trouble finding them ,it was just a suggestion if all else failed. I am sure if you do some Web Searching YOU will find suppliers for the quantity you need.

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john

Thanks for the info. I hope it gets further than in the past with other distribs.

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Watson A.Name "Watt Sun - the

Sounds to me like you need to select a different component. Anything this hard to find is going to be a sourcing problem down the road too; for whatever reason, what they're telling you is that this is not a normally stocked item. Is there really nothing else that will do what you need? Perhaps in the 2N lines?

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Walter Harley

I would recommend contacting Mr Hicham Dalbani at

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Reply to
Graham Nichols

Supplier: STMicroelectronics

Category: Transistors

Mouser Part#:

511-BD435

Mfgr. Part#: BD435

qty price

1 1.04 100 0.81 500 0.75 1000 0.73 2000 0.673

I don't see any minmum of 2000. mgg

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Michael Gardner

"Watson A.Name \"Watt Sun - the Dark Remover\"" schrieb:

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BD 435 EUR 0.26 ea. BD 436 EUR 0.23 ea.

Minimum purchase: EUR 50.-

IMHO they're shipping worldwide.

HTH,

Reinhard

Reply to
Reinhard Zwirner

Well, I chose them because I thought they were a common, easy to get part. They are inexpensive too, maybe 35 to 40 cents in 100 qty.

The TO-126 case is a conveniently small size. The TO-220 case is larger, but might fit in some places without a heatsink.

I've seen parts electrically similar to this but they're not thru hole parts.

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I went to that website, and it took me to Nikko Electronics in the UK. Is this the same company? Thank you.

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Yes .

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john

Shop around. Ask Mouser if they made a mistake. I think at Mouser they are about $1 each which means a minimum order value of $2000! Rather a lot for a distrubutor.

RS Components in the UK have the BD435 at 0.27p each at (100+). That's about

40 cent each. The BD436 is even cheaper at 18p but I don't think RS will ship to the USA. Nice to find something cheaper over here for a change!

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In article , reinhard snipped-for-privacy@web.de mentioned...

Thanks, I'll email them when I find out what another European vendor has to say about shipping, taxes, etc.

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In article , snipped-for-privacy@pandora.be mentioned...

Thank you for the info. Do U.K. vendors charge us VAT when it's shipped to the U.S.?

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No.

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I go to Butcher A, his sign says "beef 49 cents/lb", but he doesn't have any. So I go to Butcher B, he sells beef for 89 cents/lb, so I ask "why don't you meet Butcher A's price?". He comes back with "Butcher A doesn't have any beef. If I didn't have any beef, my price would be 39 cents/lb"!

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Tim Shoppa

In article , snipped-for-privacy@trailing-edge.com mentioned...

I tanked up this morning, and gasoline is getting back down to below a buck sixty a gallon. It was up to over two earlier this year, when a refinery became inoperative or whatever their excuse was. Looks like there are some lessons in supply and demand in our stories.

Hey, I bought several NTE11s at Fry's a year or so ago when I started experimenting with the V boost circuits - at about the same price each as that gallon of gas above. Then I ordered a hundred 2SD965s for 27 cents apiece, so I got essentially the same transistor for 1/5 or 1/6 the price.

Those NTEs are always available at the local electronics store. For a price that I'm trying to avoid.

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Don't be ripped off by the big book dealers.  Go to the URL
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Watson A.Name - "Watt Sun, Dar

They shouldn't do (according to tax rules) and the big suppliers will be ok. Some small places "forget" so to check.

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CWatters

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