TIL my 'junk' drawer has over 200 spare capacitors

I was cleaning the shop and decided to actually count them. It matters because I've been telling clients we have to order parts, but I've got a huge stockpile of common values right here. Anyone else have a hidden stash they forgot about?

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xena_rivera633h ago

lol that happened to me last month. I was sure I was out of 10k resistors, told a guy his amp repair would take a week for parts. Went digging for something else and found a whole tray of them buried under some wire. Felt like an idiot but also saved a bunch of time. Now I try to do a quick scan of the actual stash before I promise any lead times. Saved my butt more than once.