Alright—we now know what we're looking for, so let's get started! As mentioned before, distributor websites can be a great place to start because they offer excellent parametric search capabilities. If you're a hardware person, using the same search engine will reduce the amount of time spent hunting for parts. Of course, this approach isn't perfect, so if there's a really specific part you're looking for, you might be better off going directly to your favourite manufacturer's site and searching there instead:
Here's an example of the steps we've used to narrow down our search using a popular distributor in the United ...
