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COMING SOON - THE LIBRARY

DanHolohan
DanHolohan Member, Moderator, Administrator Posts: 16,601
in THE MAIN WALL
We're working with Invision to create <B>The Library</B>, a new area at HeatingHelp.com that will hold many, many pdf files such as the one you see attached here.

My goal is to get much as I can of what's on my shelves and in my files onto this site so that everyone will have access to what I've collected over the past 34 years.

The Library will be free to everyone. You'll be able to view the documents at any hour of the day or night, print them, and use them to your advantage.

As you can imagine, this project is going to take a lot of resources, and if you're able to help by buying a brick or two (from the link at the top of the Wall), I'd really appreciate it. The more support we can get from you, the quicker we'll be able to make this happen.

Thanks for all that you do for us. We really appreciate your support.

Onward!
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  • DanHolohan
    DanHolohan Member, Moderator, Administrator Posts: 16,601
    And a special thanks

    to Alex Marx for leading me in the right direction (whether you knew it or not!).
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  • DanHolohan
    DanHolohan Member, Moderator, Administrator Posts: 16,601
    No

    interest in this?

    Should we not do it?
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  • Earthfire_2
    Earthfire_2 Member Posts: 10
    Vault of knowledge

    Am not home right now. Happened to be showing a friend the wall and was going to wait till I got home to comment. But, I LLLLIIIIKKKKEEEE IIITTTT( I LIKE IT)!!!!!!!!!
  • DanHolohan
    DanHolohan Member, Moderator, Administrator Posts: 16,601
    Thanks.

    I sure appreciate the feedback.
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  • lchmb
    lchmb Member Posts: 2,997
    excellent

    Dan, I have been in this wonderful buisness for only 5 year's now but have learned the more knowledge I can gain the nicer my life is...If I had an opportunity to go to a site 24/7 and gain information on thing's I was unsure of for free, I would be estatic..btw..love this site..it's marked on my favorite's list and I check in here daily..the information I gain is immense
  • Robert O'Connor_6
    Robert O'Connor_6 Member Posts: 299
    Great addition

    to the already immensely valuable heating help.com.

    I shall express my pleasure with the purchase of a few bricks.

    Thanks for all YOU do Dan!!

    Robert O'Connor

    Auburn ME
  • DanHolohan
    DanHolohan Member, Moderator, Administrator Posts: 16,601
    Thanks for the feedback,

    and the support!
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  • DanHolohan
    DanHolohan Member, Moderator, Administrator Posts: 16,601
    We'll build it for you.

    Thanks.
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  • Dave Yates (PAH)
    Dave Yates (PAH) Member Posts: 2,162
    As a free & accepted Mason,

    I should be entitled to lay a few of those bricks - right?

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  • jackchips_2
    jackchips_2 Member Posts: 1,337
    Will it

    be set up with the Dewey Decimal System? :-))

    Sounds like a great addition.
  • Mike T., Swampeast MO
    Mike T., Swampeast MO Member Posts: 6,928
    Yes

    I may not be an accepted mason, but I'm CERTAINLY free.

    A couple more [bandwidth] bricks are on the way.

    Mike Thies
    Swampeast Missouri
  • Rudy
    Rudy Member Posts: 482
    Build it and...

    they will come....oops we're already here.


    Thanks, Dan

    Tom Goebig
  • Mark Eatherton1
    Mark Eatherton1 Member Posts: 2,542
    Is it just me...

    or is anyone else having a problem opening the VECO.pdf file??

    Excellent idear Dan.

    ME
  • Warmfoot
    Warmfoot Member Posts: 127
    So Dan?

    So are you going to fill this library with up to date literature from manufacturers and their products as well as older things like that Veco?

    Ernie Bogue

    Master Hydronics LLC

    www.warmfeetusa.com

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  • Glenn Harrison_2
    Glenn Harrison_2 Member Posts: 845
    Just a thought, Mark.

    Make sure you have the current version of Adobe Acrobat Reader (6.0.1 I believe). Steamhead just had a problem with opening a pdf file from the wall and when he upgraded from 4.0 to 6.0 it worked fine.

    www.adobe.com

    Hope it helps.

    Glenn
  • stonehouse_2
    stonehouse_2 Member Posts: 30
    It's a big file

    10 mb! So it will take some time if you don't have broadband....

  • Paul Rohrs
    Paul Rohrs Member Posts: 357
    The Gump Wall...you never know what your going to get.....(!)

    Wow, Love the library idea. Love to read the archives.
    Dan, Thanks.

    Regards,

    PR
  • DanHolohan
    DanHolohan Member, Moderator, Administrator Posts: 16,601
    If they share them with us,

    I will. There are copyright issues, though, and that may keep them from sharing.
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  • DanHolohan
    DanHolohan Member, Moderator, Administrator Posts: 16,601
    I'll scan it again

    and reduce the file size, Mark. Sorry for the inconvenience.
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  • DanHolohan
    DanHolohan Member, Moderator, Administrator Posts: 16,601
    Here's another

    This is from The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 1745. This is the first-ever reference to steam heating in a book. I've scanned it from the original.

    Thanks for your support, lads.
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  • DanHolohan
    DanHolohan Member, Moderator, Administrator Posts: 16,601
    Here's another

    This is from The Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London, 1745. This is the first-ever reference to steam heating in a book. I've scanned it from the original.

    Thanks for your support, lads.
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  • Tom Meyer
    Tom Meyer Member Posts: 300
    Great idea Dan!

    Where do I sign up for a library card? As always, HeatingHelp.com is the Mecca for Wetheads.

    Tom Meyer
    Senior Designer/Trainer
    Precision Hydronics Corp
    www.precisionhydronics.com
  • Bryan_5
    Bryan_5 Member Posts: 270


    Dan,
    That is a fantastic idea. You just cant find that information anywhere else. It goes to show what an impact you have on peoples lives. You come along and ask for a few bricks which your loyal followers gave no questions asked. And now you are following through with your promise. There are not many businesses that can ask their customers for a additional capitol to grow. And if they did they probably wouldnt get it.

    I have been waiting to decide on what I was going to order next before sending my brick. I should have just ordered the super size from the get go. So I guess my order and brick is on the way.
    Thanks for all you do
    Bryan
  • DanHolohan
    DanHolohan Member, Moderator, Administrator Posts: 16,601
    Thanks, Bryan.

    All that money's going right back into the site. We're biting off a big one here to start, but I think it will be a great resourse for everyone who visits here. Thanks.
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  • George_10
    George_10 Member Posts: 580
    Dan

    Maybe you will be able to get permission from PM magazine to put my article which will be in the April 04 issue on cleaning and treating hydronic systems.

    If not I would be happy to write a variation just for the library. Let me know if you need my help. We want to give you all the support we can.
  • DanHolohan
    DanHolohan Member, Moderator, Administrator Posts: 16,601
    ME

    Please try to open the file as it is now. I replaced it with a compressed version. Thanks.
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  • DanHolohan
    DanHolohan Member, Moderator, Administrator Posts: 16,601
    You would have to ask them, George.

    I know for sure that they have copyright issues. Love to post it, though.
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  • George_10
    George_10 Member Posts: 580
    I will ask

    after it is published. But if not allowed, I will just write a different version on the same topic. Cross that bridge after April.
  • DanHolohan
    DanHolohan Member, Moderator, Administrator Posts: 16,601
    Okay.

    Thanks, George.
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  • lthiesen
    lthiesen Member Posts: 19
    Adobe

    My windows xp will not load the adobe program. Any ideas why?
  • DanHolohan
    DanHolohan Member, Moderator, Administrator Posts: 16,601
    Try

    downloading from their site and choose the XP platform for the latest version.
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  • lthiesen
    lthiesen Member Posts: 19
    Adobe

    No go, boy do I miss my old windows 98.
  • DanHolohan
    DanHolohan Member, Moderator, Administrator Posts: 16,601
    I've got XP

    on my laptop and the reader works fine.
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  • Mark J Strawcutter
    Mark J Strawcutter Member Posts: 625
    Auction?

    Didn't you auction off a bunch of your books a while back?

    I guess there are still plenty left, eh? :-)

    Mark
  • DanHolohan
    DanHolohan Member, Moderator, Administrator Posts: 16,601
    I did

    but there are also a lot of file cabinets here. Lots and lots of stuff.
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  • Glenn Harrison_2
    Glenn Harrison_2 Member Posts: 845
    Are you downloading it in 2 steps.

    When I download it I check of the box saying use Adobe download manager. Which will download it to a file which I put on the desktop, but it won't say Acrobat reader yet. It's a bright red icon with a triangle in it (I believe). Then you open that file and the Adobe download manager will open up and download the reader.

    Hope it helps.
  • Unknown
    Unknown
    Dan a great idea

    I have to think about how I may contribute to this library with out messing up my copyright issues. I will talk to you about it at Wetstock.
  • Mad Dog
    Mad Dog Member Posts: 2,595
    Don't tease us..........................of course we want it

    Mad Dog

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  • Wayne_14
    Wayne_14 Member Posts: 39
    Thanks DAN

    Can't wait, really sound great
  • Bob Morrison_3
    Bob Morrison_3 Member Posts: 54
    Excellent

    Dan,

    I'm looking forward to it.

    Bob Morrison
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