On (18 Nov 97) Elvis Hargrove wrote to Ian Woofenden...
 -> Grin.  You over-sell me, Elvis.  I'd rather under-sell me.
 EH> I figured to start him off with the best, most practical
 EH> advice available.  
OK. 
 EH> You probably know more about the practicalities of Homepower
 EH> than all the rest of us put together.
Maybe - the practical reality. 
 EH> Living on Homepower is the best teacher available.
Yes! Though it doesn't make you _technically_ knowledgeable,
necessarily.
 EH> Ian, there's just plain NO dealers close to some of us. The
 EH> only place around here who even suspects anything about most
 EH> of this stuff is the RV dealers and suppliers. (And they sure
 EH> don't know much!)
OK, so if you're sure you're really in that situation (some dealers
are not good at advertising), then go to a reputable mail order
dealer. Forget the RV folks. Call New England Solar, or Sunelco, or
Alternative Energy Engineering. They can help you over the phone,
and be the next best thing to a local dealer, IF you're handy with
tools and reasonably intelligent.
 EH> Home Power magazine is the best place of course, but I didn't
 EH> have its address and I figured you did! 
Got all the back issues sitting four feet from me here.
Home Power PO Box  520, Ashland, OR 97520
$22.50  per year 800-707-6585
Ya oughta put that in the monthly rules posting...
                        Ian
... Television: the bland leading the bland.                                  
 
... To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be
well-mannered. --Voltaire
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