[XCSSA] UPS question

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On Wednesday 09 May 2007 23:16, xcssa-admin@xcssa.org wrote:
> Shame on you Tom Weeks. (hee hee) I would expect you of all people to make
> more of an effort to steer business to the little independent shops that
> are struggling to keep their heads above water. The last twenty UPS
> batteries I bought to refresh my bank of UPS's came from M-Tronics on West
> Avenue, a San Antonio legacy TV-Electronics shop I've been frequenting
> since 1982.

Well.. AlTex isn't a big-box store.. and I do like to go there for cables and 
misc electronics parts.. Esp. GellCells.


> These were the very common 12V7AH gel cells used in many small UPS's. At
> Altex these run $14-15 each, but at M-Tronics they had the newer eight amp
> hour cells (exact same dimensions & terminal configuration as the 12V7AH
> ones) for ten dollars and change (& that's the quantity "1" pricing). 

Well that IS good news.. and if they're a smaller shop.. surprising and worth 
supporting! :)  Thanks Matt..  I've never actually thrown any business their 
way just because I've really really "had a home" for electronics since ATex 
went away... :v(   I really miss talking with the old German guy Rainer about 
circuit design tricks...


> Don't 
> expect all the computer & cable stuff at M-Tronics, it's an old school
> TV-Electronics shop with limited floor inventory, but plenty of repair
> components on the shelves behind the counter. If you're a 'lectronics guy
> or you just want the best deals on fresh gel cells drop buy and take a
> look; and buy something.

Cool.. will do man.. I remember you telling me about them in the day (back 
when I was an ATex groopie (or in that day, old-AlTex)).  Is this M-Tronics:
	http://tinyurl.com/2r35nx


> If we don't support the local electronics shops 
> they will disappear...

Agreed...
Thanks for saving my geek soul Matt.. :)

Tweeks
p.s. Geek Sat entry: http://tinyurl.com/2jjuly