Re: Photosensor Search Help

["ABLE_1" <royboynospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes that was the first place I looked.  Da nada!!!



> Did you look for the drawers of parts at the back of the Radio Shack
> store. Instead of taking up massive amounts of pegboard space for things
> that sell rarely, they have put them in cabinets which are actually easier
> to find things in.
>
> You have to face it, very few people know what to do with the small parts
> and Radio Shack would be out of business if they tried to make that the
> main part of the store.
>
> Digi-Key is a mail order place sells in small quantities.
> www.digikey.com/
>
> --
> Bill Fuhrmann
>
> "ABLE_1" <royboynospam@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Hello all,
>>
>> I have a customer that has a controller that uses a remote photosensor to
>> determine if the sun it up or down.  Simple enough but the photosensor
>> has seen better days.
>>
>> Here is my problem.  I need a source on just the sensor.  I first thought
>> that the RatShack would be a good possibility but nooooooooooooo.  They
>> have decided at the corporate level to now have candy bars on the shelf
>> rather than electronic components.  Gotta keep those shelves full of
>> something. Boggles the mind????
>>
>> Anyhow does anyone know of a source that will sell 1's or 2's of a
>> component???????
>>
>> I know that this is going to be tough since the shipping is going to just
>> kill me.
>>
>> I could purchase a dusk-dawn sensor for a HPS 277v fixture and
>> cannibalize it, but that may be taking this a bit over the edge.
>>
>> Any thoughts from the masses???
>>
>> TIA
>>
>> Les
>>
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