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Electronics => Projects, Designs, and Technical Stuff => Topic started by: Tioleco on August 22, 2013, 08:42:19 pm

Title: Stackpole resistors
Post by: Tioleco on August 22, 2013, 08:42:19 pm

What is the quality of metal film resistors of Stackpole?Are best than the chinese ebay?
They are cheap on Digikey.

Title: Re: Stackpole resistors
Post by: free_electron on August 22, 2013, 09:19:25 pm

Stackpole is good. been using em for years. They are an US based manufacturer. Been around since the 1920's ...

Title: Re: Stackpole resistors
Post by: ampdoctor on August 23, 2013, 12:54:12 am

If you're concerned with any level of quality, I'd stick with the mainstream distributors like digikey, mouser, and so on.  I wouldn't buy a thing off of ebay. Too many shady sellers. With regard to stackpole in particular, as far as I know, while the company is US based, everything is all manufactured offshore. So like most components today, odds are everything is made in half a dozen production facilities. Line A goes to Vishay, line B goes to stackpole, etc. Same stuff, just  different branding.