Re: New Members - please post your introductions here
Hello Badcappers,
Here be my journey so far,
Started at 9yrs old, tinkering with broken radios and cassette recorders. When my parents had enough scares (tinkering with mains voltages) and were fed up with my need to take things apart, my dad bought me a copy of 'Master Handbook of 1001 Practical Electronic Circuits' which I eagerly studied over and over. Getting my hands on any tools or components was the biggest hurdle living in a small community on a island, so projects were slow to complete.
Off and on until high school I kept reviving my desire to fix electronics. High school was where I really had a chance to piece it together. Access to accurate power supplies, signal gen, scopes, multimeters etc. was awesome. I did great on theory and tests; however, when the rubber met the road I let out the smoke. My attempts at circuit work always failed, I could pass the tests but the practical stuff eluded me. One day my instructor lost his mind with me, seeing yet another of my projects go up in puff. He looked it over and said, "...don't you know how to read a resistor...", I was shocked, of course I knew that. Found out I am visually color challenged, so I dropped electronics and moved to computers.
From there I rarely looked back. Electronics had given me the troubleshooting bug and from time to time I still fixed broken solder joints and wired house outlets. About 10yrs back I fell into it again, repairing computer power supplies and add on boards, the Internet had loads of information and videos to encourage me. Bought a few kits, an arduino or two, which rekindled my love of electronics.
Now as a hobby, I am learning to fix iPads, computer motherboards and the occasional flat screen tv.
Phil.
Hello Badcappers,
Here be my journey so far,
Started at 9yrs old, tinkering with broken radios and cassette recorders. When my parents had enough scares (tinkering with mains voltages) and were fed up with my need to take things apart, my dad bought me a copy of 'Master Handbook of 1001 Practical Electronic Circuits' which I eagerly studied over and over. Getting my hands on any tools or components was the biggest hurdle living in a small community on a island, so projects were slow to complete.
Off and on until high school I kept reviving my desire to fix electronics. High school was where I really had a chance to piece it together. Access to accurate power supplies, signal gen, scopes, multimeters etc. was awesome. I did great on theory and tests; however, when the rubber met the road I let out the smoke. My attempts at circuit work always failed, I could pass the tests but the practical stuff eluded me. One day my instructor lost his mind with me, seeing yet another of my projects go up in puff. He looked it over and said, "...don't you know how to read a resistor...", I was shocked, of course I knew that. Found out I am visually color challenged, so I dropped electronics and moved to computers.
From there I rarely looked back. Electronics had given me the troubleshooting bug and from time to time I still fixed broken solder joints and wired house outlets. About 10yrs back I fell into it again, repairing computer power supplies and add on boards, the Internet had loads of information and videos to encourage me. Bought a few kits, an arduino or two, which rekindled my love of electronics.
Now as a hobby, I am learning to fix iPads, computer motherboards and the occasional flat screen tv.
Phil.
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