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Few components are "in stock" on Farnell in UK
« on: August 12, 2018, 02:57:32 pm »
Hello
Does anyone know what’s going on with Farnell UK these days?
Hardly anything is in stock. It wasn’t like this a decade ago. Even 100nF , 50V, X7R, 0603 ceramics weren’t available the other day…at least not in quantities of less than 50. This is ridiculous.
We are trying to get components together to build a 60W offline led driver, but nothing is in stock.
Digikey and Mouser is much better, but attracts a £15 shipping cost to UK, and my company won’t pay that. –Specially since the unit is merely a demo unit, since we can’t compete on price with the led drivers available from the huge electronics corporations such as Samsung, Osram, Philips etc etc.
RS is just as bad.
Are there any other vendors around? Our lack of availability to compete on price with led drivers from the major corporations means we have to play on a shoestring budget….all the time.
 

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Re: Few components are "in stock" on Farnell in UK
« Reply #1 on: August 12, 2018, 03:56:09 pm »
Just entered your parameters and plenty in stock   x10 off   
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Re: Few components are "in stock" on Farnell in UK
« Reply #2 on: August 12, 2018, 05:37:48 pm »
The issue with this particular part is that there's a global shortage of MLCC caps, so prices are getting a bit high and stock is somewhat short. It's not impossible to get the parts you need but a little pricier than it ought to be.
 
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Re: Few components are "in stock" on Farnell in UK
« Reply #3 on: August 12, 2018, 06:25:43 pm »
Avnet just acquired Premier Farnell/Element 14 in July.So there is mostly going to be some adjustments.Could even mean some stock changes.Hard to say for sure. 
 
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Re: Few components are "in stock" on Farnell in UK
« Reply #4 on: August 12, 2018, 07:49:05 pm »
Hello
Does anyone know what’s going on with Farnell UK these days?
Hardly anything is in stock. It wasn’t like this a decade ago. Even 100nF , 50V, X7R, 0603 ceramics weren’t available the other day…at least not in quantities of less than 50. This is ridiculous.

What planet have you been on lately? - there is a major shortage of jellybean caps due to under-production and high demand for more profitable lines.
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We are trying to get components together to build a 60W offline led driver, but nothing is in stock.
Digikey and Mouser is much better, but attracts a £15 shipping cost to UK,
Only if you can't make up a £33 order. 
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and my company won’t pay that. –Specially since the unit is merely a demo unit
Well if your company won't invest £15 to get an R&D prototype going you may as well give up now.


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