How to Diagnose and Fix Everything Electronic, Second Edition by Geier (November 20, 2015) Paperback Paperback – 1703

I nearly didn't buy this book because of one or two negative reviews but I really enjoyed it. After reading the book I can't help but wonder if a couple of the reviews are sour grapes trolls from rivals in publishing or repairs? Anyway the only things I would have changed were the size of the print which I'd have preferred a size larger and I'd have liked colour pic rather than black and white and I didn't see any arrogance in the writing, as a professional tech myself I could easily tell he was a rare "walk the walk" as well as "talk the talk" specimen. I haven't taken off stars for either as most reference books of a technical nature tend to be generally afflicted the same way, you can imagine it's a compromise between profitability for the publisher who prefers to use the least amount of paper per book and keeping the book a reasonable size and weight for transport/storage etc. The book would be fairly hard going for a complete novice but if you have any repair experience and want so extra tips and pointers it's very good indeed. The best feature of the book is that it's about practical faultfinding rather than explaining electronic theory, you can always learn something from listening to others experience.

Generally speaking an interesting book. The section on tools is quite useful. But it suffers many of the same problems of other books in the same ilk. It needs to assume you have next to zero knowledge so spends a long time setting the foundations and establishing the basics so you're a few hundred pages in before it really gets in to the diagnosis and fixing aspect and it's very high level / generic.There's a wealth of information from the author's experience which is interesting, but I wonder if it would have been better to take say 10 different common appliances and just cover each in detail from teardown, troubleshooting, fix and assembly.Interesting read but not much of a reference for future use.

i knew the basics of electrics and electronics before i read this book, am halfway through and have learnt a fair bit, mostly common sense but also helpful information on tools, what to buy, and more importantly, how to use the gear, i have most of it lying around anyway, an in depth on oscilloscopes, components, a glossary, humour, fairly easy to understand book, and humorous at times as well.unfortunatley not a very long topic on transformers, i already know how they work, i want to know how to diagnose a dodgy one! anyway i guess its off to youtube again...(said the idiot)

The book covers a whole lot of subjects in an easy going hands on style.The variety of devices covered could have been reduced however I think that would have detracted from the book. This way we get a great example of the thought processes required to make such repairs.I've come away with new thoughts and excitement about fixing electronics.

I bought this book as people always come to me when they need a gadget fixing and some things were a little too hard to diagnose. This book covers a some great fault finding information and the section on oscilloscopes has proven invaluable. It's recently helped me fix a couple of things I was stuck on including an LG TV, a DVD player, a PS3, a laptop with a dead screen and a desktop computer with a dead mother board.Great money saver and very enjoyable.

Bit dated to be honest. I'd throw more of the stuff that this shows you how to fix rather than repair it. Cassette recorders etc, but if that's what you need to fix then it's ideal

Very nice book, with lots of info. Sometimes it talks about things in brief, and then says it will cover them more in a later chapter, and as long as you don't mind that its good.

Good book should really be called "My life in electronics"as it mainly described how the author solved problems in the past. Having said that it does add some insight into problem solving in electronic devices.