Don't bother with Radio Shack if you need capacitors

[laser_freak]

I think that it's really sad how radio shack, where I live, in Vermont, only has this little bin at the back of the store where all the resistors / relays / capacitors go.

The problem with the modern world sometimes is a lot more people are interested in buying electronics than there are people interested in making them.

Everybody I know knows what a iPod is, but very few know what a breadboard is...

I went to radioshack once and asked if they had any breadboards. They looked at me like I was crazy and said, "breadboards? Like the boards you cut bread on? You'll have to go somewhere else for that."

Luckily I have a surplus electronics store only a couple miles away that has everything I've ever heard of.

 

[42Duckers]

Har har!

Long live DigiKey!

 

[mfo]

I've been having issues with one of my computer monitors. After a couple minutes of Google searching, I found a possible repair to try. All I need to do is replace some caps. Three of them are bulging so I have a feeling the repair will work. I decided to check out Radio Shack. There really isn't anything else open after I get off work or on weekends.

Their selection consists of 35v and 50v caps. There are some 35v and 50v caps I need but they didn't have them.

I hope you know what you're doing in regards to safety. Make sure you discharge ALL capacitors inside of the monitor before you start working on it.

 

[TeufelWolf]

Radio Shack has always been a chain in search of a product line since the late 80's. Here in S. calif we have Fry's... Which is like a Radio Shack run by Dr. Evil.