Santa Cruz Electronics — Local services in Live Oak

Great expertise, great service, rare great value.

Radio Shack is dead and Gone. Santa Cruz Electronics more than fills the need for electronic components.

On my latest two visits, I needed to replace my dated frayed Cat4 ethernet cable in my house with a working cable. So I was assisted in getting several feet of cable which I assured the sales technician that I had connectors and knew how to put the ends on.

Turns out, Cat6 is a bit thicker and didn't properly fit my older end network plugs, so my connection didn't work.

Revisited the store and was about to purchase the wrong plugs again, but the sales technician mentioned that the Cat6 twisted pair wires were slightly thicker, requiring a Cat6 end plug.

So upon purchasing the correct product with his assistance, and watching a YouTube video on the differences (I was wondering why there were two small zip-lock bags with small plastic items inside), I was able to set up the plugs and get them to work. (After two tries.)

I'd gone to another Big Office office supply/computer store and their Cat6 cable looked to be of lower quality (it was thinner) and was priced even higher.

One Happy...

They have a great selection. Lots of adapters, connectors and cords. They also have a great selection of individual electronic parts, resistors, capacitors, inductors, switches, that sort of thing. They also have a good selection of Arduino Shields and sensors. They carry high quality tools. I love the Wiha screwdrivers! And for something completely different, they carry a line of very nice, smallish "personal" type CNC Machining centers. The only thing I have slightly negative to say is their prices are a bit high but that's to be expected for a small local business. I don't mind paying a little bit more with local jobs...

My external hard drive stopped talking to my computer. Sadly, I hadn't backed up the files saved there. I called serval computer repair places. Click a way quoted $400 and said it could be thousands if they had to transfer it to a "clean room". Santa Cruz Electronics was able to repair the external hard drive. The repairs included replacing the internal connector (where the USB 3.0 micro B slots in) and the drive's external casing. Total cost, including tax, under $75. Also, free advice on backing up files. These guys are great. Special accolades to the young technician. Trust them with your computer...