there is,but it is not very extensive..... http://www.moteva.com/shop/customer/ You're better off calling them and getting a catalog and their most recent flyer 1-800-441-6110 Peggs At 07:14 AM 10/6/05, al m wrote: >Is there a web site for them? >Al Marquardt >ampm@xxxxxxx >Al Marquardt Electronic Repair >206 W Main >Girardville Pa. 17935 >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Shoreline Electronics" <jstielau@xxxxxxxx> >To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 10:11 AM >Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Semiconductor purchasing question > > > > Agreed! > > > > ========================== > > Jeff Stielau > > Shoreline Electronics Repair > > 344 East Main Street > > Clinton,CT 06413 > > 860-399-1861 > > 860-664-3535 (fax) > > jstielau@xxxxxxxx > > ======================== > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "peggs" <peggs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2005 12:09 PM > > Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Semiconductor purchasing question > > > > > >> Electrosound is the most trustworthy distributor I have found. > >> They are cheaper than anyone,and I have NEVER receive a 'knock-off' part > >> from them. > >> They sell many OEM parts,and some replacement stuff(RCA Focus > >> Block,Zenith > >> Focus Block) if you dare to go that route. > >> No semiconductor I've ever purchased from them has been inferior. > >> 1-800-441-6110 > >> > >> Peggs > >> > >> At 03:14 AM 10/6/05, Premium Technologies wrote: > >>>Group, > >>>I had a Panasonic 27" in for repair today, with a not uncommon 3" high > >>>pic > >>>across the screen. Found three caps behind the vertical heat shield and > >>>the vertical IC LA7838 at fault. Replaced these and still had the > >>>problem. Traced and tested for about a half hour more and replaced the > >>>IC > >>>again, still same problem. At this point I'm fuming, going over the > >>>print, retesting up the circuit, ESR testing caps that I had done at > >>>least > >>>twice and looking for any clue as to why the IC looked as though it had > >>>failed. > >>>Finally I tried a third IC and to my surprise the pic was restored. I > >>>looked at the packaging and found that these three ICs were purchased > >>>from > >>>Tritronics and they didn't appear to be the cheap TT Chinese > >>>knock-offs. I'm at least intelligent enough to knowingly avoid those. > >>>In > >>>fact, I noted that I had paid almost nine bucks a piece for these. > >>>So, I went to order some things from Tritronics this evening and searched > >>>the LA7838 on their site. It came-up with several brands all using the > >>>LA7838 and all of them a different price, ranging from a couple of bucks > >>>to eleven plus dollars a piece. So what denotes a knock-off from an > >>>original Sanyo made component when all you have is the price to go > >>>by?? None of the brands listed were Sanyo and most of them showed each > >>>of > >>>the brand part numbers, Hitachi and Toshiba for example, identifying it > >>>as > >>>a LA7838 or OEM part. It's probably how I ordered the last ones - middle > >>>of the road price or manufacturer number. > >>>This makes a about four times in the last month I've had to replace a > >>>component because it was a failure right out of the box. > >>>I'll be calling Tritronics tomorrow but this seems like an epidemic that > >>>obviously could be cured at the supplier's end. Besides, I just hate > >>>wasting money on such a small margin repair as this one. > >>>Anyone else had a similar problems lately with Tritronics parts? > >>>Bill > >>>William Rayburn, CET > >>>Premium Technologies > >>>PO Box 442 > >>>Long Beach, WA. 98631 > >>>360-642-4993 > >>> > >>>----------------------------------------------------------------------- > ------ > >>>This Email List is accessible to the general public through search > >>>engines. Remove: http://www.tech-assist.org/remove.htm > >>>Set Vacation > >>>mailto:ecartis@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?subject=set%20techassist%20vacation > >>>Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > >>>Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > >> > >> > ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> This Email List is accessible to the general public through search > >> engines. 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