The majority of sites that say they have manuals are just "search sites" that use anything (***) you enter in a search, and insert it automatically, in "Find *** Here." These generally are the first 8 to 12 "hits" in any Google search for "product information."

A second tier of "hits" say something like "Find *** FREE." Their success in "finding" anything is incredibly poor, and IFF they "find" something they inform you how much it will cost you to "SEE" what they found. (They didn't say that looking at it would be free.)

This looks like an honest site, and may be quite useful.

I've made it a practice for some time to scan and save anything on paper that comes with a new "thing" that I expect to have for a while, and this nearly always includes a "user manual" or at least a "Set Up" or "Quick Start" sheet. It helps to make sure you write YOUR MODEL NUMBER and SERIAL NUMBER on it before the scan.

I've found that the "paper" nearly always gets tossed or put in a safe place that's too safe, and I usually can't find it later, but the pdf or jpg files can almost always be pulled up.

For any of the "really good stuff" I usually go to the manufacturers' websites, as soon as convenient after purchase, and usually for current products you can download both the "user manual" and (very important) an "Illustrated Parts List" with part numbers and usually diagrams to help figure out which part broke. Sometimes you can also find a "Maintenance Manual" that's even more complete, and if it's there, you really should "snatch it while you can." In some cases you may have to pay a nominal fee for an Overhaul or Maintenance manual, and then it depends on how good the other stuff you already have will determine whether it's worth paying, but if you don't get it while the product is still "new" it probably won't be available by the time you want it.

I'll have to dig into the site suggested, but if it's mostly just "User Manuals" it may not be all we hope it will be.

Some User Manuals are very good but many of them don't say much more than "Step 1. Plug it in, Step 2 Turn it on."

Some "User Manuals" do include "operating advice" that isn't even in the overhaul manuals, but you have to read them to know what's there, which is mostly a "fatal defect" for those who don't bother to RTFM, regardlesss of how good they are.

It looks like a good link. I'm sure I'll poke around in it.

John