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I just used that quote the other day!as is 110 , 111 or whatever it takes .
I just used that quote the other day!as is 110 , 111 or whatever it takes .
When I was 8, my dad bought me a HeathKit shortwave radio kit and a soldering iron. From there, I built several other KnightKits, and started designing my own circuits with some mentoring from the science teacher in middle school. By the time I was 12, I had started my own business fixing radios and TV's. See attached. From there, I tried to absorb everything I could and ended up getting in on the ground floor of the computer industry in the latter part of the 1960's. I worked my way up at IBM, Digital Equipment, and ended up the top executive of the microprocessor division of Intel in the lathe 1970's. in the 1980's I got into the venture capital business in silicon valley and helped start several successful computer, networking, electronic and mechanical CAD companies as a mentoring chairman. I got off the high-tech gravy train in the 1990's so I could branch out into other fields of interest. I've been very lucky, but have also dedicated myself to being a life long learner. It's been a wild ride and I am forever grateful for the opportunities and experiences over the past six decades.I want to know if you can tell a story as to how you learned so much. I am a reader, and have studied electrical troubleshooting not only in college, but on the job. I have only ever met a couple people who could find the problem and fix it as fast as I could. But I'm a novice compared to you guys. What gives? What's your story?
I doubt often come to this forum, because I had been serving as an electrician at work for the last 7 years. My standard advice has almost always been, "hire an electrician" regarding electrical issues.
But I've been reading through, and I see several of you are quite well versed in electrical principles. So well versed in fact, that my own knowledge seems quite shallow in depth, and narrow in breadth.
I want to know if you can tell a story as to how you learned so much. I am a reader, and have studied electrical troubleshooting not only in college, but on the job. I have only ever met a couple people who could find the problem and fix it as fast as I could. But I'm a novice compared to you guys. What gives? What's your story?
Making a working atom smasher! That's another multidisciplinary thing for sure. Was it based on the Amateur Scientist article on the subject?When I was five, I held my Dad's tools as he renovated and rewired the lower floor of the 2 story we lived in.
I learned physics in grade school and built a working atom smasher for grade 7 science fair.
Moved on to computers in HS and started building them.
Engineering in U, then did renovations on my own after.
Started helping guys in industrial bays wire their 3phase stuff.
After that, worked for an electrician for fun doing primary work - pulling wires, etc, and watched very carefully what he did. an learned tons of the electrical code.
Mostly I'm curious and love to learn stuff.
Was it based on the Amateur Scientist article on the subject?