Description:
Buying & Selling electronic components and equipment since 1946. we have extensive inventory of new parts such as semiconductors, integrated circuits, transistors, diodes, opto, electro-mechanical, relays, switches,resistors, wire and cable, ic"s.

Company History

E.S.I. was started by Clyde Daniels back before 1930 when he was selling all types of material he then progressed to Military surplus after World War 2 when his son Dick joined him after serving on PT boats in the Navy and Dick mother Ida Maye completed the family operation.

The third generation Rick and his Uncle Clyde and cousin Gary Snyder started in the 1960's and have since moved from their world famous downtown location on Prospect Avenue and East 14th Street to Broadway Avenue with it's own parking lot about 6 years ago.

Now Gary is in charge of buying and selling the mountains of parts and if we do not have what you need it is probably because we just sold it last week or last year. There are rows upon rows of test equipment in our two-story century old warehouse, just across the Cuyahoga River from Jacob Field and Gund Arena. My grandfather sold Heathkit's first resistors and my father bought out much of Magnavox when they closed down their Chicago plant to move their manufacturing overseas.

We are very proud of our history of involvement in helping so many North Eastern Ohio companies that got their start and are continuing to build specialized and sensitive electronic instrumentation and medical technology in Cleveland; partly because of their engineers access to such a variety of the highest quality electronic parts at the surplus prices. We have purchased from most of the major Aerospace companies during the cold war space race. The companies include Allen Bradley, Bailey Controls, GE, Gould Labs, Hickok, Electrical Instrument Co., IBM, Kodak, Lockheed, Los Alamos Labs, NASA, Ohio Scientific, Technicare, Tektronix, Triplett, XEROX, and so many other sources whom still wish to remain confidential and passed that really interesting test equipment and those highest quality parts along to our loyal customers in Ohio, the US, and internationally.

All of the Schools, Universities, Hospitals, and Broadcast stations have at one time or another counted on us to keep them running. Sometimes engineers would come in and purchase competitors products to open them up and see what the "other guys" way of doing things was. The inventors of the CB radio, thermal paper Fax machine, Bug "Zappers" and so many other people we have not seen in decades, and cannot immediately remember were all customers and friends of ours.

Now, with the advent of the Internet we are specializing on electro-mechanical parts and semiconductors that are not as available now as they were in the past, At least not to the "little guy". Please take the time to check us out. We welcome your comments and will strive to improve our inventory and service to keep American's in the business of inventing.

Products include:

    ANTENNAS  
    ATTENUATORS  
    AUDIO  
    AV EQUIPMENT  
    BATTERIES  
    BATTERY ACCESSORIES  
    BOARDS  
    CABLE  
    CABLE ASSEMBLIES  
    CAPACITORS  
    CIRCUIT BREAKERS  
    COMPUTER PRODUCTS  
    CONNECTORS  
    CONTACTORS  
    CONTAINERS & BOTTLES  
    CORDS  
    COUNTERS  
    CRYSTALS  
    CYLINDERS  
    DC/DC CONVERTER  
    DELAY LINE  
    DICTAPHONE  
    DIODES  
    DISPLAYS  
    ENCLOSURES  
    ENCODERS  
    EPROM ERASER  
    EXOTIC  
    FANS  
    FERRITE  
    FILTERS  
    FITTINGS/ VALVES  
    FUSES  
    GOULD REPLACEMENT PARTS  
    HALL EFFECT  
    HARDWARE  
    HEAT SINKS  
    HEATERS  
    HEATING ELEMENT  
    HI VOLT  
    IC  
    IGBT  
    INDUCTORS  
    INVERTER  
    KEYBOARDS  
    LABORATORY  
    LAMPS  
    LASER  
    LED  
    LENS & MIRRORS  
    MAGNETRONS  
    MAGNETS  
    MEDICAL  
    METERS & GAUGES  
    MICROWAVE  
    MILITARY  
    MISC  
    MOTORS  
    MOV  
    MYSTERY  
    OPTO  
    OPTO DISPLAY  
    OSCILLOSCOPE  
    OVERCURRENT PROTECTOR  
    PHOTO  
    PICKER  
    POTENTIOMETERS  
    POWER SUPPLIES  
    PROBES  
    PROCESS CONTROL  
    PROJECT BOARD  
    PUMPS  
    REFERENCE MANUALS  
    RELAYS  
    RESISTORS  
    RF  
    RHEOSTATS  
    SCR  
    SECURITY  
    SEMICONDUCTORS  
    SENSORS  
    SIERRA SCIENTIFIC  
    SOCKETS  
    SOLDER EQUIPMENT  
    SOLDERLESS TERMINALS  
    SOLENOIDS  
    SPEAKERS  
    SURGE SUPPRESSORS  
    SWITCHES  
    TELECOM  
    TELECONFERENCING  
    TELEPHONE  
    TERMINAL STRIPS  
    TEST CLIPS  
    TEST EQUIPMENT  
    THERMISTOR  
    THERMOSTAT  
    TIMERS  
    TOOLS  
    TOROIDS  
    TRANSDUCERS  
    TRANSFORMERS  
    TRANSISTORS  
    TRIAC  
    TRIMPOTS  
    TVP  
    VACUUM TUBE  
    VALVES  
    VOLTAGE REGULATOR  
    WHOLESALE LOTS  
    WIRE / CABLE