big resistors

Got out of work early today and headed to Active Surplus (on Queen St West in Toronto).

Bought two 220 ohm 2 watt resistors. I will run these in parallel for heating the Telrad.

Also grabbed some terminal connectors, small blade style, male and female, which I will crimp to the nichrome wire segments, as I assemble the dew heater for my binoculars.

Picked up a pre-cut length of professional two-wire microphone cable. It has a nice rubber outer jacket. I will use these as the cabling from the dew heater proper to RCA jack.

I didn't pick up any RCA jacks while there—a bit pressed for time. Was thinking I should get gold-plated ones. I could get those from The Source (while I'm exchanging the depleted batteries from the portable weather station).

Bought two rectangular mouse pads with dense padding. I am making the assumption that this is sorbothane. I will use these to make circular plates, combined with some old hockey pucks, for anti-vibration pads for my cat 'scope.