# electronics experts: what component am I looking for?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electronics-experts-what-component-am-i-looking-for/644131>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 15, 2012, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electronics-experts-what-component-am-i-looking-for/644131 "2012-12-15T20:18:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Amateur\_Barbarian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/59ef9b/32.png) [@Amateur\_Barbarian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Amateur_Barbarian)\
**Post date:** [December 17, 2012, 12:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/electronics-experts-what-component-am-i-looking-for/644131/21 "2012-12-17T00:06:32Z")

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> [@Machine\_Elf](#):
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> We hobbyists wouldn’t have much to do if we always settled for off-the-shelf solutions with inherent compromises. 😃

I didn’t propose an off-the-shelf solution. I just didn’t start with NASA Design Protocol Reference, Volume 36, Chapter 29, Subsection B(2) for something as trivial in your field as a wall shelf.

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