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This is a good site. He doesn't update it very often, but the stuff
he has is very useful.

Maybe we can send him some more tips.

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On Wed, 23 May 2007 22:57:48 -0400, Terry
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This is a good site. He doesn't update it very often, but the stuff
he has is very useful.

Maybe we can send him some more tips.



I can't count the times I have posted a message without including the
link.


http://www.elec-toolbox.com/
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On Wed, 23 May 2007 22:57:48 -0400, Terry wrote:


This is a good site. He doesn't update it very often, but the stuff
he has is very useful.

what is a good site?


Maybe we can send him some more tips.

who?
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On Wed, 23 May 2007 23:00:48 -0400, Terry
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On Wed, 23 May 2007 22:57:48 -0400, Terry
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This is a good site. He doesn't update it very often, but the stuff
he has is very useful.

Maybe we can send him some more tips.



I can't count the times I have posted a message without including the
link.


http://www.elec-toolbox.com/


Done it myself many times...It's kinda like when I send an email with
an attachment, and forget to attach the attachment. Do it all the
time.
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On Thu, 24 May 2007 03:07:22 GMT, AZ Nomad
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On Wed, 23 May 2007 22:57:48 -0400, Terry wrote:


This is a good site. He doesn't update it very often, but the stuff
he has is very useful.


what is a good site?


A good site is a site that does good things.


Maybe we can send him some more tips.

who?




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The frames set up makes it slow as heck to get any information.
The pop up pass word request is irritating. The blinky tool bar
along the left is distracting.

I spent about a minute on the site, and it was too hard to get
any useful information with all that distraction.

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: On Wed, 23 May 2007 22:57:48 -0400, Terry

: wrote:
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: This is a good site. He doesn't update it very often, but the
stuff
: he has is very useful.
:
: Maybe we can send him some more tips.
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: I can't count the times I have posted a message without
including the
: link.
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: http://www.elec-toolbox.com/


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"Terry" wrote in message
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: On Wed, 23 May 2007 22:57:48 -0400, Terry

: wrote:
:
: This is a good site. He doesn't update it very often, but the
stuff he has is very useful.


: http://www.elec-toolbox.com/


: Maybe we can send him some more tips.


The frames set up makes it slow as heck to get any information.
The pop up pass word request is irritating. The blinky tool bar
along the left is distracting.

I spent about a minute on the site, and it was too hard to get
any useful information with all that distraction.


A quick click past the login screen and it loaded pretty quickly even
w/ my slow dialup...
The blinky tool bar is a poor choice, will grant that.

The tips section looks to have some useful ones along w/ a lot of old
stuff most anybody w/ any experience will know. Looks like if it
grows much more unless the maintainer will organize tips in some
hierarchy it will become very difficult to find anything specific
other than resorting to the search engine, though...

The calculators page is pretty weak for a site dedicated to pro's,
though.

The "theory" section would be best trashed entirely -- it's of no use
to any practical electrician and the attempt to make explain the
physics is so brief as to be overly simplistic at best and downright
wrong at worst.

But, worth a bookmark for the DIY'er running into problem -- might
just find a tip that is of some benefit...

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On May 23, 10:00 pm, Terry wrote:
On Wed, 23 May 2007 22:57:48 -0400, Terry
wrote:

This is a good site. He doesn't update it very often, but the stuff
he has is very useful.


Maybe we can send him some more tips.


I can't count the times I have posted a message without including the
link.

http://www.elec-toolbox.com/


"This site is not intended for the do-it-your-self person, only
qualified electrical persons."

Sorta' violates the charter of a.h.r...

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On May 26, 9:08 am, dpb wrote:
Stormin Mormon wrote:

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"Terry" wrote in message
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: On Wed, 23 May 2007 22:57:48 -0400, Terry

: wrote:
:
: This is a good site. He doesn't update it very often, but the
stuff he has is very useful.
:http://www.elec-toolbox.com/
: Maybe we can send him some more tips.
The frames set up makes it slow as heck to get any information.
The pop up pass word request is irritating. The blinky tool bar
along the left is distracting.


I spent about a minute on the site, and it was too hard to get
any useful information with all that distraction.


A quick click past the login screen and it loaded pretty quickly even
w/ my slow dialup...

....

I intended to point out that I routinely keep Flash off and the site
wanted to download it -- I suspect there's where the hangup was/is if
your browser settings quietly allows Flash.


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Isn't it a shame that the site uses so much computer RAM and REM
and so on?

Thanks for the critique of the content.

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: The frames set up makes it slow as heck to get any
information.
: The pop up pass word request is irritating. The blinky tool
bar
: along the left is distracting.
:
: I spent about a minute on the site, and it was too hard to
get
: any useful information with all that distraction.
:

..

"dpb" wrote in message
ps.com...
: Stormin Mormon wrote:
:
: ... top posting repaired...
:
: "Terry" wrote in message
: ...
: : On Wed, 23 May 2007 22:57:48 -0400, Terry
:
: : wrote:
: :
: : This is a good site. He doesn't update it very often, but
the
: stuff he has is very useful.
:
: : http://www.elec-toolbox.com/
:
: : Maybe we can send him some more tips.
:
: A quick click past the login screen and it loaded pretty
quickly even
: w/ my slow dialup...
: The blinky tool bar is a poor choice, will grant that.
:
: The tips section looks to have some useful ones along w/ a lot
of old
: stuff most anybody w/ any experience will know. Looks like if
it
: grows much more unless the maintainer will organize tips in
some
: hierarchy it will become very difficult to find anything
specific
: other than resorting to the search engine, though...
:
: The calculators page is pretty weak for a site dedicated to
pro's,
: though.
:
: The "theory" section would be best trashed entirely -- it's of
no use
: to any practical electrician and the attempt to make explain
the
: physics is so brief as to be overly simplistic at best and
downright
: wrong at worst.
:
: But, worth a bookmark for the DIY'er running into problem --
might
: just find a tip that is of some benefit...
:
: --
:


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