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geekhack Projects => Making Stuff Together! => Topic started by: Vozella on Tue, 06 October 2015, 14:32:34

Title: Questions About Costar Stabilizers (& Diodes)
Post by: Vozella on Tue, 06 October 2015, 14:32:34

1) I heard they are pretty loud. Is there a way to make them quieter?

2) Where do you buy costar stabilizers? Also, where do you buy diodes?

Title: Re: Questions About Costar Stabilizers (& Diodes)
Post by: SpAmRaY on Tue, 06 October 2015, 14:34:29

There's a thread where you can ask simple questions instead of posting a thread for every single one. -> https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=40501.0 (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=40501.0)

Also for through hole diodes I bought these http://www.ebay.com/itm/500PC-1N4148-Diode-FSC-NXP-PHI-VISHAY-DO-35-1N4148-/400820873745?hash=item5d52c92a11

Title: Re: Questions About Costar Stabilizers (& Diodes)
Post by: inanis on Tue, 06 October 2015, 14:36:32

Quote from: Vozella on Tue, 06 October 2015, 14:32:34

1) I heard they are pretty loud. Is there a way to make them quieter?

2) Where do you buy costar stabilizers? Also, where do you buy diodes?

You can lube them to quiet the rattle noise, if it has any. Plate mount Costar stabs you can get from WASD (http://www.wasdkeyboards.com/index.php/products/keyboard-parts.html). Diodes you can get from Mouser, or Digikey, or even Radio Shack sometimes.

Ray is right, if you post in the Simple Questions thread you will get all kinds of good info. :)

Title: Re: Questions About Costar Stabilizers (& Diodes)
Post by: Vozella on Tue, 06 October 2015, 14:52:04

Quote from: SpAmRaY on Tue, 06 October 2015, 14:34:29

There's a thread where you can ask simple questions instead of posting a thread for every single one. -> https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=40501.0 (https://geekhack.org/index.php?topic=40501.0)

Also for through hole diodes I bought these http://www.ebay.com/itm/500PC-1N4148-Diode-FSC-NXP-PHI-VISHAY-DO-35-1N4148-/400820873745?hash=item5d52c92a11

Thanks. I'll do that from now on.