I need to create a resistor inventory

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I'm trying to get better at fixing my own boards and have pulled some non-working boards to work on. I'm finding various resistors have failed and I have zero inventory. So, instead of buy them 1 at a time, I assume there are some good assortment kits that have many of the common arcade/monitor resistors used. Is that true? Who sells it?

I looked at Mouser and saw they have 251 Resistor Kits...

And what else should I get? a capacitor assortment? Diode assortment? or just buy the cap kits specific for each monitor as I need to recap them?

thanks!
 
You can get resistors off china sellers on ebay but honestly its no cheaper than mouser when buying in bulk qty of 100 or more. Watch the qty pricing, alot of times its only a few cents more to double the qty so it only makes sense.
Stay away from the economy resistors at digikey. They have really small diameter leads and they bend up easy. Mouser carries some good quality resistors that are cheap. I think they are xicon brand. Around .02 each in 100+ qty.
 
Thanks!

I'm totally into forking over the full 2 cents to get better quality (especially if they're made in america), but I still need info on if there's an assortment pack that anyone recommends. I know I need some 100's and 1k's, but don't know what else is common.
 
Well, I really doubt they are made in the US! But, the quality is much better than the ones digikey sells.
Common sizes are 470, 1k, 4.7k, 10k, 47k, 5k. You see a ton of 1K and 10K on the arcade stuff.
 
Xicon's resistors are made in Taiwan but are of pretty good quality.

Little off topic stuff...
No US manufacturer makes carbon film resistors in the US anymore. I used to buy from RGAllen when they were still kicking - they had good parts and were made in the US. But they went bankrupt. Some distributor bought their website & is using their name to sell Chinese resistors.
After RGA went away, I tried parts from about 15 different Taiwanese manufacturers. Some good, some bad (one had the super thin leads like the other poster mentioned). Stackpole is pretty good, I don't like KOA - both somewhat larger names in the game.

Back onto topic.
Not sure what Mouser has for kits. I do know they are pricey no matter where you go - it takes a lot of time to make up the kits. Avoid KOA half watt resistors in a kit, you won't like them. They're smaller than everybody else's half watters - resulting in lower thermal performance. For list of common multiples -- see the E-12 and E-24 resistor series here:
http://www.logwell.com/tech/components/resistor_values.html

Ed
 
If your trying to repair the logic boards
I would get a TTL logic assortment. Jameco has them and includes a small plastic case with drawers.

Logic boards generally don't need resistors caps or diodes for fixing. But if your repairing monitors and power supplies the opposite is true., very little use for TTL chips and more use of the other stuff.
 
Meh. I bought a Radio Shack resistor assortment pack years ago when I first started dabbling in electronics. I've had to buy very few other values that I don't have from that assortment.

I don't really replace very many resistors, though. ICs... absolutely; I have a large jar full of bad TTL, EPROMs, etc. Electrolytic capacitors... find plenty of bad ones. Resistors? ...once in a while, and usually in analog stuff (power supplies, monitors, etc.).
 
You know, I have a big bag of brand new resistors I will sell you. Its a nice assortment left over from the omega race kits I did. Honestly its not really worth my time to sort them all back out. Let me know if your interested and I will get you an approx count on them and figure up a price.
 
I've got a large assortment of resistors, but they're all in a plastic bag and it takes a very long time to find what I need. How are people storing their resistors/capacitors?
 
I store all my small parts in those $2.00 plastic bead type containers with the sections. Bigger parts in small stand up cases with pull out drawers. Ics in tubes labeled (probably will get hanging drawers for those soon)
 
That's my storage plan, too. I like to open one lid and look at everything instead of opening tons of little drawers.
 
For caps I use bins. I have a nice set of vintage bug boxs for my resistors. You can still buy these but they think they are made of gold from the prices I have seen on them.


I've got a large assortment of resistors, but they're all in a plastic bag and it takes a very long time to find what I need. How are people storing their resistors/capacitors?
 
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Here is a picture of the resistors. Im going to guess around 600pcs. How does $10 shipped sound?

This is what should be included...
8 22Ω, 8 27Ω, 8 68Ω, 16 220Ω, 16 270Ω, 24 330Ω, 16 1.2KΩ, 8 100KΩ, 144 10KΩ, 8 120KΩ, 16 15KΩ, 8 18KΩ, 128 1KΩ,
32 2.2KΩ, 8 20KΩ, 80 22KΩ, 8 24KΩ,8 3.3KΩ, 32 3.6KΩ, 8 3.9KΩ, 88 4.7KΩ, 8 47KΩ, 8 56KΩ, 24 6.8KΩ, 16 8.2KΩ
 
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Watch them part numbers or run them by somebody like Riptor or Channelmaniac, I have been burned before. The resistors I bought were too small to do much with. I ended up buying some from a local tv repair guy near me. Here is the thread, note I was looking for somehting to coat bare traces at that time.

forums.arcade-museum.com/showthread.php?t=191860
 
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