Any tips to track down and purchase a component?

[Jontyc]

I just have to replace a bridge rectifier in a treadmill controller board (KBJ2506) and, having been out of the electronics game for a long time now, am having trouble finding one, or an equivalent.

What would be a suggested process to track down something like this? Are there any cross-reference sites or big component suppliers that people typically try first?

 

[panic mode]

newark, mouser digi-key, ...

for example
https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/GBPC3512A/GBPC3512A-ND/357384
https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/36MB120A/36MB120A-ND/351972
https://www.digikey.com/product-detail/en/36MB140A/36MB140A-ND/351973
https://ca.mouser.com/catalog/catalogcad/645/568.pdf
https://ca.mouser.com/catalog/catalogcad/645/538.pdf
https://ca.mouser.com/ProductDetail...=sGAEpiMZZMtcLAek5QF0i29EdKsLUhPg4Mztm3EPYlE=

 

[Jontyc]

Ah great, that put me on the right track.

In Australia, so digikey and mouser want $30-$40 postage. Bit hard to swallow for a $2 component but at least there is an option (assuming the GBJ casing is close enough to the KBJ I've got).

Unfortunately Newark, which is Element14 in Australia don't do a similar enough case and RS Components minimum qty 15.

Thanks, I'll keep on looking until I bite the dust and just pay the postage.

 

[davenn]

Jaycar and Altronics are the 2 main component suppliers in Oz

I only go to Element14 and RS if I really have no choice

the case type may not be important, as long as the bridge fits in the space available and has the appropriate ratings

Dave

 

[Jontyc]

Jaycar/Altronics no go for this thanks anyway.

The rectifier I pulled out was bolted on to a big heatsink which the PCB was also mounted to, so I haven't got much flexibility there I guess.

 

[throbscottle]

Ebay is always the first place I look. But can you make a new mounting hole in the h/s so a different one will fit? Maybe even with flying leads?

 

[Jontyc]

Ebay - why didn't I think of that. I think I've found something there for $2, no postage!

 

[KeepItSimpleStupid]

Here is the datasheet for that part: https://www.electro-tech-online.com/custompdfs/2012/09/kbj2506g_thru_kbj2510g-1.pdf