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stickboy1375

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Anyone use one of these? Worth the money?
 
I would get more use from this one....
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Why?
"Handles all Fractions-1/2's, 1/4's, 1/8's, 1/16's, 1/32's, 1/64's"
I'm horrible with translating fractions from decimals for feet and inches while trying to think of other crap for layouts.... What happened to the metric system???????

Otherwise the one on my phone is just fine.
 
I have the Electricalc Pro and have used it for about a year now. It's a nice calculator and has a bunch of features in it, although I have never had the time to sit down and "learn" about all it can do. I pretty much just use it as a basic calculator to do my calcs. I guess when you do it one way for so many years you just stick with what works and what you know. I do like the rubber case with flip top that it comes with. It makes it durable and you can keep it in your truck and on the jobsite and it takes a beating if you drop it. Just a bit of advice, buy one on Ebay, that's where I got mine and saved a bundle on it.
 
I have never come across a problem that could not be solved with a $6.00 calculator.

Although I've never owned one the electrical type calculators, (so right away you know that I have no business giving an opinion here) I distrust them because they must be based on some particular edition of the NEC, and how can they apply all of the rules that may pertain to a particular problem.

Finally, leaning how to use one takes away from time spent learning the code.
 
These calculators have an updatable chip in the back that you can purchase with each new edition of the code. Mine already came with the 2005 installed. Like I said earlier, the thing may have 1000's of formulas and values in it, but you get so used to doing calcs the old fashioned way, it just makes more sense to stick with what you know. I took both of my exams with a Texas Instruments $20.00 calculator as most everyone else has.
 
racerdave3 said:
These calculators have an updatable chip in the back that you can purchase with each new edition of the code. Mine already came with the 2005 installed. Like I said earlier, the thing may have 1000's of formulas and values in it, but you get so used to doing calcs the old fashioned way, it just makes more sense to stick with what you know. I took both of my exams with a Texas Instruments $20.00 calculator as most everyone else has.
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California won't let you use anything that they don't supply.
 
Same here in Massachusetts, when you go in for your exams, you better have a plain jane, "non programable" type calculator if you want to use it for the test. Knowing that, all of your studying beforehand prepares you to know what you are doing and where to look for things in the codebook versus hitting a button on a calculator for an answer.
 
I have an earlier version of e57s construction master, IMO it is worth the money.

I have never used the electrical pro.
 
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