URGENT - Distributor to Washington, USA

[ssashton]

Hi Everyone,

I am in the UK but urgently need to get 2pcs of 12uF film capacitors to someone in Washington, USA.

What supplier should I use to get fast delivery in that area, please?

DigiKey, Mouser?

[ssashton]

Alright I ordered with RS Components and they said it'll be sent by DHL so I hope it'll be fast!

[CaptDon]

There should have been a number of local electronic supply houses in the Washington/Silver Spring/Potomac/Fredrick area where your friend could have bought the parts 'over the counter'. That whole area is a huge R&D area of the U.S. with many major electronics and avionic labs.

[TimFox]

Did you mean the city of Washington in the District of Columbia (DC), or the State of Washington (which contains Seattle)?

[CaptDon]

Good point Tim, He didn't say D.C. but I assumed it. You know what they say.......

[bdunham7]

Hi Everyone,

I am in the UK but urgently need to get 2pcs of 12uF film capacitors to someone in Washington, USA.

What supplier should I use to get fast delivery in that area, please?

DigiKey, Mouser?

DHL from the UK?

Mouser would have them there tomorrow if you ordered them soon and paid for UPS Next Day.  Is this Washington the state or Washington, DC?

[TimFox]

Both Mouser and DigiKey offer next day delivery (at extra cost) from same-country warehouses.

[mon2]

I think Digikey is the most reliable for next day service, then Arrow and last is Mouser. 2 days later, still waiting on Mouser to ship our order...

[fcb]

Big problems with Mouser recently. Ended up cancelling another order (fed up with waiting for it to ship despite a couple of "it will ship today") with them this morning and replacing it with Farnell and Digikey.

At least Digikey acknowledge there maybe a delay in picking order. Pity - as Mouser has been good over recent years.

[tooki]

There should have been a number of local electronic supply houses in the Washington/Silver Spring/Potomac/Fredrick area where your friend could have bought the parts 'over the counter'. That whole area is a huge R&D area of the U.S. with many major electronics and avionic labs.

AFAIK they’ve all gone out of business. I lived in Maryland for years and there was practically nothing left in terms of retail component availability.

[jmelson]

There should have been a number of local electronic supply houses in the Washington/Silver Spring/Potomac/Fredrick area where your friend could have bought the parts 'over the counter'. That whole area is a huge R&D area of the U.S. with many major electronics and avionic labs.

AFAIK they’ve all gone out of business. I lived in Maryland for years and there was practically nothing left in terms of retail component availability.

Yeah, that was sure true when I lived there in the late 1960's, there were defense contractors everywhere.  Not true any more,
and that is pretty much the case everywhere in the US, sadly.

Jon

[gnuarm]

There should have been a number of local electronic supply houses in the Washington/Silver Spring/Potomac/Fredrick area where your friend could have bought the parts 'over the counter'. That whole area is a huge R&D area of the U.S. with many major electronics and avionic labs.

AFAIK they’ve all gone out of business. I lived in Maryland for years and there was practically nothing left in terms of retail component availability.

Yeah, that was sure true when I lived there in the late 1960's, there were defense contractors everywhere.  Not true any more,
and that is pretty much the case everywhere in the US, sadly.

Jon

We still have lots of defense contractors in the DC area, but not so many that actually design hardware.  Even if they did, the parts you need are not the sort of stuff you can get at Radio Shack.  Warehousing is not local.  I don't think it ever was really.  It's all about fast warehouse operations and fast shipping.  Digikey seems to be at the top of that list with a ginormous warehouse in the middle of the US near the Canadian border, equally inconvenient to everyone.  Because their ground shipping goes through North Dakota it is four days for me.  I use Priority mail which has always arrived in two days and is cheaper.  Not sure what's up with the USPS these days from what I seen in the news.  So maybe they are no longer a good bet. 

Anyway, the OP has not been back, so I guess the problem was dealt with.

[james_s]

I live in the state of Washington and Digikey is usually the fastest. Mouser works fine too though, both are reputable suppliers.

[tooki]

There should have been a number of local electronic supply houses in the Washington/Silver Spring/Potomac/Fredrick area where your friend could have bought the parts 'over the counter'. That whole area is a huge R&D area of the U.S. with many major electronics and avionic labs.

AFAIK they’ve all gone out of business. I lived in Maryland for years and there was practically nothing left in terms of retail component availability.

Yeah, that was sure true when I lived there in the late 1960's, there were defense contractors everywhere.  Not true any more,
and that is pretty much the case everywhere in the US, sadly.

Jon

Maryland is still very much full of defense contractors. Northrop Grumman is the 5th largest private employer in the state. Lockheed Martin is actually headquartered in MD. And all the big ones (Raytheon, AAI, BAE Systems, General Dynamics, etc) have facilities in the state. (Plus the Johns Hopkins Applied Physics Lab is actually huge, too: by funding, it's the third-largest defense contractor in the state!)

But of course, they're not buying components at retail. :/