14-03-2012, 09:51 PM
cully Wrote:self taught mostly but google is king
basic knowledge of how stuff works and hours of ripping broken stuff apart to see how it works
you cannot beat self taught! i did repair our house alarm twice. once me dad decided to f*ck about with cable trunking and cut a main wire. told me mum "oh the alarms gone off" after he decided to gaffer tap the wires back together. so while he was at work, and my mum going off in a one about the alarm. as she saw his bit repair. i said i will solder the wires back and ask the fourm if any sparkys are on there. did a post and i was told what fuses to check and change. with in an hr we had a working alarm. also he blew a senor too so i swopped that for a new one too. not bad for someone whos never even played with stuff like that.
also i sorted the internal battary too as that died, my mum had replaced it but the system was still down. i told her to switch the power off in the house and i budged the ends of the battary. full system came to life again.
saved a fare few quid again
