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Electrical Materials Shortage.

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Has anyone found it difficult to source materials?

I have just been to Tool Station and more than half of what I wanted to buy was out of stock, not just out of stock, but not even available from other Tool Station warehouses to be delivered to me.

Times is a gettin' desperate.

Z.

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    The only items I have found in short supply have been the smaller BS88 fuses. Got what I needed from RS components but rather expensive.

    1.5mm 3 core PVC flex was readily available but seemed very expensive, used HOFR rubber flex instead.

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    Hasn’t been to bad recently at the wholesaler apart from increasing prices. I find it’s better to look online for Toolstation as there stores tend to carry little stock.

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    I see Screwfix are limiting cable to 30 items. 2.5 T&E at £70.50 - 10% today, but cable prices are getting seriously expensive.

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    We do projects - just try to order in steel -  trunking, tray, ladder rack, conduit, etc or plastic such as three compartment trunking - by the large amounts, or any special order such as bespoke lighting for the ol' railway. 

    The costs have easily doubled in the last year or so and the lead times are somewhere between 6-10  weeks and, “I don't know”. Caveats on delivery mean somewhere in the future even when they give you a delivery time. 

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    It's not just materials, but tradesmen. Step-daughter has had to wait about 4 months to get a spreader. It's not entirely their fault because the covid restrictions meant that the completion date for 1st fix electrics was uncertain, but they have a tendency to want to finish one step before booking the next one. Now they await the plumber to put the boiler in and once that's done, there is half a chance of completing the 'lectrics in the utility room.

    They refuse to draw up an Gantt chart!

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    Be glad you are not trying to populate circuit boards for anything- some larger programmable logic devices are now on 26 or even 52 week leadtime - suggesting that none exist at all and they are waiting for  a foundry slot to make a few more wafers.. And that for many customers is deal-breakingly  long. Strange days indeed.

    Link to show how  bad it is

    Mike.

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