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Title: Sydney suppliers
Post by: Tinus on June 21, 2017, 08:18:29 am

Hi all,

I'm moving to Sydney at the end of June for work, from South Africa. I unfortunately can't take along much of my kit. Can I please get recommendations as to where in Sydney to get the basics (soldering iron, etc)?

Kind regards
Tinus

Title: Re: Sydney suppliers
Post by: DTJ on June 21, 2017, 08:33:34 am

Some starters:

Hobbyist type stuff:
https://www.jaycar.com.au (https://www.jaycar.com.au)
www.altronics.com.au (http://www.altronics.com.au)


Commercial outlets:
http://au.rs-online.com (http://au.rs-online.com)
http://au.element14.com (http://au.element14.com)

There's mouser/digikey/newark etc.



The Sydney locals will know the small goldmine places.

Title: Re: Sydney suppliers
Post by: Shock on June 21, 2017, 12:15:43 pm

Go to maps.google.com enter where you want to search e.g. sydney
Then once there enter what business you want to find e.g. electronic components

Title: Re: Sydney suppliers
Post by: wasyoungonce on June 22, 2017, 03:30:53 am

Some suppliers used in Australia, not necessarily Sydney, some are international companies:
 
RS  (http://au.rs-online.com/web/)
Element14 (http://au.element14.com/)
Upton (http://www.uptonaustralia.com.au/)
Oritech (http://www.oritech.com.au/)
Mektronics (https://www.mektronics.com.au/)
Emona (http://www.emona.com.au/)

WES (https://www.wes.com.au/)  Good old WES...good for TV microwave parts etc
Wagner (https://www.wagneronline.com.au/)   WES is a subsidiary of Wagner

Gumtree (https://www.gumtree.com.au/)  Good for cheap stuff sometimes.   Kinda like Craig's list USA.  Ya can buy your stolen stuff back...cheap! :-DD