[Robotgroup] Purchasing from Grainger/capacitor questions

Robert Carter rcarter at ischool.utexas.edu
Sun May 18 11:28:47 PDT 2008


Hi everyone--

I need to refresh my memory: does the Robot Group have a business ID  
that can be used to purchase items from Grainger? Or does someone in  
the group have a Grainger account, and if so, could I purchase an  
item through you?

I'm trying to repair my Champion Juicer, and my current theory is  
that the capacitor may be blown. It uses an Aero M 270-324MFD 110VAC  
capacitor, and if what I know about capacitors is correct, I should  
be able to replace it with a similarly rated item from the Grainger  
catalog ( http://www.grainger.com/Grainger/items/4CU31 ). Except that  
Grainger doesn't like to sell to individuals.

If the answer to the Grainger question is no, I've found another site  
that sells a similar item, plccenter.com:
http://www.plccenter.com/buy/Aerovox/677891102
But they have a $25 minimum order, and this is only a $5.28 part. If  
anyone would like to purchase anything from their catalog to help me  
get up to that $25 minimum, that would be another way to do this.  
PLCCenter call themselves the "world's largest industrial surplus  
supplier", and they've got a good supply of industrial automation  
products, if you comb through their "Specials" page they've got some  
DC relays and things that look, to my novice eye, like pretty good  
deals.

Or, if anyone can suggest another place where I might get one of  
these 110VAC capacitors, please let me know.

Thanks y'all!

-- Robert


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