How did all you gear heads learn about electronics on automobiles?

I am finishing up my electronics II class and I feel more like a "web mechanic" or "text book mechanic" after so much reading about atoms, series/parallel circuits and how to use a DVM without blowing the $9 fuse.

I know theres GOT to be an easier way to learn all this stuff without so many graphs, wiring schimatics and... text.


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all I really wanted to do was tune cars, add mods and race!


Buah!

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thats not only for you. but every ones who studies so. what matters is how much you earn from that

 

Trial and error. I hate electrical gremlins. Anyone that enjoys chasing down electrical problems has a sick mind. EVERYONE knows that electrical components all run off smoke 'cause when you let the smoke out, they don't work so good anymore.

 

Take an automotive electronics course, community colleges have them(they tend to teach more useful things anyway). But yeah, diagnosing automotive electrical issues is a nightmare sometimes. It's rarely ever a straight forward cut and dry issue.

 

I am a student at the local university's Ford asset program and the courses are pretty intensive.. all the online web based training and their mastery exams, not to mention the text book homework and printed homework has gotten me feeling more like a web mechanic then an actual mechanic lol... we have lab work of course, but the materials that are expected to be covered is unreal. I can't imagine how it was in the 80s, with textbooks only!


80% of our homework is online web based training.

I do see the importance of knowing and understanding this stuff, but I find it tedious to go through chapter after chapter for one miscelanious fact that's an answer to some random question or why technitian A always seems to disaggree with technitian B lol...


the good part is, next spring I have a handfull of mods I will be putting on the GT.

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Hi,

The Electrical Diagnosis class i had at college was to educate us in learning how to trouble shoot electrical problems as well as prep us all for our ASE Electrical testing. This had to be one of the hardest classes for me. What i struggle somewhat with is Multiplexing and diagnosing all those nodes WITHOUT the scan tool. We work on 'live' customer vehicles at college as well as always practicing on our college cars what we learn in class.

There is alot of good books out there outside of college text books that will help in your learning, as well as of course practicing and experimenting on your own vehicle.