2004 Electrical Component Rule Rationale

[Nick Fury]

Originally Posted by phrontist

If a component is not offered by one of those vendors, it is not allowed.

The rule says, and I am quoting:

"or equivalent to those available"

This means you *do not* have to buy from those vendors but instead you have to buy parts that those vendors also carry. This is to keep it so that parts are readily available to other teams. It's not that big of a deal at all really.

If you can find parts that are not available through one of those vendors and can point me to them then I will begin to see the reason for getting rid of the rule but I can't think of anything that isn't available on digi-key or through hack shacks corporate part supplier end.