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Phil questioned the cost values for the Ren-T and I double checked my BOM and I had both transformers listed.  Took out the Tamura and that drops all parts in the BOM to about $20 and a typical Case 3 build down to about $18.75.  Now of course anybody who decides to leave off the power entry module and AC cable can also save another $9 but that is not what I intended for the chart.  The chart shows an '''''estimate''''' of what the listed BOM will run at Mouser.  <br> Also, I tilted the estimate alittle high so that when someone actually went to buy the parts and it came in cheaper than the chart they would be happier than if their total was higher.  I also didn't consider shipping directly into the numbers but it definitely would also push the number up.
Phil questioned the cost values for the Ren-T and I double checked my BOM and I had both transformers listed.  Took out the Tamura and that drops all parts in the BOM to about $20 and a typical Case 3 build down to about $18.75.  Now of course anybody who decides to leave off the power entry module and AC cable can also save another $9 but that is not what I intended for the chart.  The chart shows an '''''estimate''''' of what the listed BOM will run at Mouser.  <br> Also, I tilted the estimate a little high so that when someone actually went to buy the parts and it came in cheaper than the chart they would be happier than if their total was higher.  I also didn't consider shipping directly into the numbers but it definitely would also push the number up.
 
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Are you considering the PCB as part of the price?  Maybe that's part of my difficulties, I was considering just the parts.  The price that I was thinking was perhaps about $3.00 for the connectors, $.25 or so for the diodes, and using a surplus transformer that I bought for $3.  So I was leaving off the power entry module (I used a pair of wire nuts), and the end of an old extension cord that I had laying around.
 
Maybe the best thing to do is to say what the basis of the prices is (one-off ordering from mouser, not including shipping), and that the prices may vary quite a bit.
 
--[[User:Phil Short|Phil Short]] 17:48, 8 December 2007 (MST)

Revision as of 00:48, 9 December 2007

Phil questioned the cost values for the Ren-T and I double checked my BOM and I had both transformers listed. Took out the Tamura and that drops all parts in the BOM to about $20 and a typical Case 3 build down to about $18.75. Now of course anybody who decides to leave off the power entry module and AC cable can also save another $9 but that is not what I intended for the chart. The chart shows an estimate of what the listed BOM will run at Mouser.
Also, I tilted the estimate a little high so that when someone actually went to buy the parts and it came in cheaper than the chart they would be happier than if their total was higher. I also didn't consider shipping directly into the numbers but it definitely would also push the number up.

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Are you considering the PCB as part of the price? Maybe that's part of my difficulties, I was considering just the parts. The price that I was thinking was perhaps about $3.00 for the connectors, $.25 or so for the diodes, and using a surplus transformer that I bought for $3. So I was leaving off the power entry module (I used a pair of wire nuts), and the end of an old extension cord that I had laying around.

Maybe the best thing to do is to say what the basis of the prices is (one-off ordering from mouser, not including shipping), and that the prices may vary quite a bit.

--Phil Short 17:48, 8 December 2007 (MST)