{"id":1022,"date":"2009-01-23T08:57:02","date_gmt":"2009-01-23T15:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/?p=1022"},"modified":"2022-12-28T12:39:17","modified_gmt":"2022-12-28T20:39:17","slug":"hsc-electronics-clearance-annex-open","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2009\/01\/hsc-electronics-clearance-annex-open\/","title":{"rendered":"HSC Electronics Clearance Annex Open"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week I stopped by HSC Electronics<\/a> in Santa Clara to pick up a few parts for my PID Controlled Soldering Hotplate<\/a> project.<\/p>\n

Earlier this year, there was an announcement that HSC was moving because their landlord would not renew the lease on the building they have occupied for the past 15-20 years.\u00a0 At the last minute they were able to negotiate a lease for half of their original space, forcing them to vacate what was previously the warehouse\/mail order side of the building.<\/p>\n

So far, the evidence of these changes to their customers has been very limited.\u00a0 Maybe there were a few extra items at the annual sidewalk sale and some extra bins of parts on the showroom floor, but overall things looked pretty much the same – until my most recent visit.<\/p>\n

Now there is a new HSC Clearance Annex open to the public in what was formerly the employees-only warehouse space:<\/p>\n

\"New<\/p>\n

I found some neat things inside: IEC line filters, variable inductors, an assortment of crystal oscillators, bags of PCB mount right angle RCA jacks.\u00a0 Most items are $1-2 and many come in bags of 10-100 for that price.<\/p>\n

\"New<\/p>\n

They also had huge boxes of assorted hardware and electrolytic capacitors – you can create your own grab bag for $1.\u00a0 Usually these are only available during the sidewalk sales and are a surprisingly popular attraction:<\/p>\n

\"HSC<\/p>\n

If you’re in the area, HSC might be worth a visit.\u00a0 HSC<\/a> is located at 3500 Ryder Street, Santa Clara, California 95051<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I also recommend a side trip to Weird Stuff<\/a> and Fry’s Electronics<\/a>, both are within a few miles of HSC.\u00a0 Stop at all three and you are pretty much guaranteed to satisfy your appetite for electronics.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last week I stopped by HSC Electronics in Santa Clara to pick up a few parts for my PID Controlled Soldering Hotplate project. Earlier this year, there was an announcement that HSC was moving because their landlord would not renew the lease on the building they have occupied for the past 15-20 years.\u00a0 At the … Continue reading HSC Electronics Clearance Annex Open<\/span> →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[5],"tags":[501,151,7,6],"class_list":["post-1022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-electronics","tag-electronics","tag-hsc","tag-silicon-valley","tag-surplus"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pioCd-gu","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":2444,"url":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/hsc-45th-anniversary-sale-this-saturday\/","url_meta":{"origin":1022,"position":0},"title":"HSC 45th Anniversary Sale this Saturday","author":"Jeff","date":"September 23, 2009","format":false,"excerpt":"I just got an e-mail from HSC Electronic Supply announcing their 45th Anniversary Sale (aka Sidewalk Sale), which takes place this Saturday, Sept. 26th.\u00a0 If you are in Silicon Valley this weekend, this is definitely worth checking out.\u00a0 If you want to get an idea of what this event is\u2026","rel":"","context":"In "Electronics"","block_context":{"text":"Electronics","link":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/category\/electronics\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"HSC 45th Anniversary Sale","src":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mightyohm.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2009\/09\/HSC_Email_0909-432x500.jpg?resize=350%2C200","width":350,"height":200},"classes":[]},{"id":262,"url":"https:\/\/mightyohm.com\/blog\/2008\/09\/electronics-flea-market-deanza-college\/","url_meta":{"origin":1022,"position":1},"title":"Electronics Flea Market @ DeAnza College","author":"Jeff","date":"September 15, 2008","format":false,"excerpt":"Kylie and I decided to check out the Electronics Flea Market at DeAnza College this past weekend.\u00a0 I took a bunch of pictures and put them up on flickr. 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