> In a similar vein, I spec 1% resistors even when I only need 
> 20%, because they are the same price, and better 
> availability. There's no downside.

Yes, but that breaks the analogy. You won't get more reliable failure
rate figures even when you torture your sources. (In the analogy: sorry,
1% resistors are not avialable, or cost 10 times as much). 

Wouter van Ooijen

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