It isn't enough to be able to design. It isn't even enough to be able to debug. To be a real fault finder, you must be able to get a feel for what is going on in the circuit you are examining. In this book Robin Pain explains the basic techniques needed to be fault finder.

Simple circuit examples are used to illustrate principles and concepts fundamental to the process of fault finding. This is not a book of theory. It is a book of practical tips, hints, and rules of thumb, all of which will equip the reader to tackle any job, whether it is fixing a TV, improving the sound from a hi-fi,...

Hi, this book begins in 1963 with me as a child of 9 trying to understand why my crystal set worked OK with the GPO headphones but not with my home-made earpiece (or with a loudspeaker) - output impedance - that's why But it was not until I was 13 or 14 that I realised this because I did not believe in "output impedance" - how can something such as a battery have output resistance? It is supposed to be supplying current, not hindering it This mystery and others are carefully explained in simple language because this is the book that I would have craved when I was a kid, but I was not good...