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where is a cheap place in hawaii to buy electronic parts other than radioshack and online?


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Jan 30, 2009. 4:29 PMPlasmana says:
you could instead go to the dumps and try find electronic stuff there or ask your friends and family if they could give you any broken or old electronic devise, you can then salvage electronic parts from the device.
Jan 30, 2009. 11:24 PMalex-sharetskiy says:
that's what i do : )
Jan 31, 2009. 12:36 PMPlasmana says:
Yeah, most often, you don't get what you exactly wanted though...
Jan 31, 2009. 12:43 PMalex-sharetskiy says:
i only extract capacitors resistors and diodes sometimes i pull transistors
Jan 31, 2009. 1:17 PMPlasmana says:
I extract what you said, and transformers and inductors (If the circuit board have any).
Jan 31, 2009. 1:18 PMalex-sharetskiy says:
i like to keep the resistor on the board, and when i need a specific resistor, i just look through all my circuit boards
May 10, 2009. 2:33 AMdrbill says:
used to be a wackey willeys out there but they closed. I bought all my stuff mail order cause nothins cheap in Hawai'i.
Mar 1, 2009. 8:33 AMThelonelysandwitch says:
Really, it depends what u are looking for. every place sells some electronic parts.

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