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Old 19th Oct 2017, 9:44 pm   #16
Philips210
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Default Re: Chinese electronics and The Art of Electronics

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Originally Posted by Argus25 View Post
The problem with this as I see it, even if the part works, it is used, you can't know its history or even who the original MFR was, so it throws in a big element of uncertainty, so when I receive this sort of thing I bin it and don't even bother complaining, its a terrible waste.
Hi.

Interesting to note the lengths they go to to pass off s/h parts for new. Thanks for pointing this out. I don't think I would scrap the parts though, it would surely be worth pressing them into service to see what they're capable of.
I'm now going to check some of the transistors purchased from China to see if there's any sign of the welded leadouts.

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