The store is not hard to find but don't trust the GPS as "Sterling" is broken up into a couple of locations. We were grateful that when we called and could not find it, the staff kindly guided us to the right place. That's service! |
The first thing seen was this large tub. This is a 'free' parts bin. The day we showed up, there were some wirewound rheostats and telephone handsets inside. |
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The inside was very tidy and there's a large back room and an upstairs with many types of popular componets. |
Quality tools. Excelite and other kinds. I'm picky about tools and was glad to see professional grade items. |
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3M heat shrink tubing. OK any kind will do,but if you can get the best why not? |
Here's where things got interesting for me. I dug in the meter boxes and found replacements for my 1947 RCA BTA-250 AM transmitter. |
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There's a pretty good selection of old and new transformers in the back. There were some flyback transformers from monochrome displays --these are the type that can make up to 15-20KVAC, are for use with external rectifiers, and useful for Tesla coils, ionizers, and of course CRTs. |
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Near the transformers are shelves full of power supplies. |
The selection of wire and cable was more than enough for most folks. |
This is something not easily found - RF screening of Bronze. I think the proper name is hardware cloth, but in any case it was great to see it available. Each of these rolls was 40 square feet. |
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Another surprise - -ball chain. The balls looked like about 0.25" diameter. This is something you can never find when you need it. |
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Semiconductors - very neatly ordered, as can be seen, almost anything one might need is available. |
The stairs.. lots of good stuff up there. |
Resistors |
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Capacitors - large and small. The whole side of the aisle was caps. |
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More meters upstairs.. |
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Very unusual - black light lamps for specific short wavelengths -notethe thick filter material. |
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There was a good selection of test gear and other stuff including this military radio along the back wall and inshelves. Some of it is on consignment so check it frequently. |
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I found several bins of circuit breakers and power resistors. |
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This one is somewhere about an Ohm I think, but there are many conventional types and values. Quite a few over 100W, many many 10-40W. |
My purchase. A few 100 Megohm resistors there too. |