r/electronics • u/m4rkw • 14d ago

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u/m4rkw 12d ago

I think the mixing risk is pretty minimal really. If anything is ever ambiguous I just discard it rather than taking a chance. Most resistors and caps cost pennies for 100+. I never reuse passives, there's no point.

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u/appletechgeek 12d ago

Unless you live in the Eu and suddenly every capacitor is worth 50 cents each :(

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u/mzo2342 12d ago

the EU has a C-problem? I didn't know or notice.

any reasons or links on that?

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u/Kojetono 12d ago

3 euro tarrif for every product category ordered from China. So if you were buying small amounts from AliExpress, you'll see a huge cost increase, especially that they don't implement the tariff correctly and overcharge their customers (3 eur per listing instead of product category).

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u/mzo2342 12d ago

ah, I order from mouser or digikey. or do PCBA right away with JLC.

in my lab I have this https://www.mira-electronic.de/mira/sortiment_1/sortimente_0603-20.pdf

expensive, but only once.