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Re: PLC

• Posted by "C. K. Lester" <cklester at yahoo.com> Oct 19, 2001
• 411 views

What the heck are you guys 'n' gals talkin' about?!

----- Original Message -----
From: "Kat" <gertie at PELL.NET>
To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
Subject: Re: PLC


>
> On 19 Oct 2001, at 14:23, euman at bellsouth.net wrote:
>
> >
> > Best bet Kat is to go thru an electrical supply house in your area that
> > specifically sell Allen-Bradley and Cutler-Hammer products. The reason
for this
> > is they tend to be cheaper than going straight to AB or CH cause they
tend to
> > order quantity and can achieve a better price from them.
>
> This is Alabama, there is no way i will goto an electrical suppy house in
my
> area! If i can't get it online, i drive to another county to get it, or
farther, out to
> 60 miles, and i can't get a yellow pages out of this area, the phone
company
> wants $100+ for the special order phone books. Really, seriously, i truck
in
> tons of building materials every month from an hr away, even with 3 local
> building supply places. I don't buy *anything* locally if i can possibly
avoid it.
> Many reasons why. So i was hoping you'd be more helpful with online items.
>
> On 19 Oct 2001, at 13:21, Evan Marshall wrote:
>
> >
> > You might also try PLC Direct at http://www.automationdirect.com.
> > Their prices are listed on the site.
>
> The smallest one they have at
> http://www.automationdirect.com/store/plc/dl05.html is $99, plus $99 for
the
> software, plus misc items like shipping, cables, plugs, and necessary
> options... are you sure this is worth more than the $45 Stamps? I don't
need
> these things to be prepackaged in an enclosure, after all, and speed isn't
so
> important now, but power draw is.
>
> Kat
>
>