I don't think so. Over 200 people have found it interesting enough to read and in the Greasy Spoon it takes an eye-catching or controversial topic to draw over 200 posts. Bottom line is electronics is a very interesting subject...or hobby or whatever label anybody might think it needs. And I believe people of all ages constantly need to keep their minds working. Otherwise their little gray cells are wasted.
And here's another thought...vehicle electrical problems are certainly not as shade tree as just grabbing some wire and connecting things together. Example: For a working and accurate fuel gauge, you must understand (a) variable resistance (b) electromagnetism and also ferromagnetism (c) measurement of resistance in ohms (d) electrical flow. To evaluate a generator or voltage regulator you must understand current...amperage plus its old pal voltage and also resistance. To evaluate an alternator you must understand all those things plus the concept of diodes. And to rewire any vehicle you must understand the basic difference between series and parallel circuits. This began as the mention of a book titled "Getting Started in Electronics". If I wanted to bamboozle people I'd have directed them toward a book titled "Quantum Electodynamics in a Superconductor-Isolator Application".
Forrest Mims on the other hand...
Consulting clients have included the National Geographic Society, the National Science Teachers Association, and NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center. Forrest also teaches experimental Earth science once or twice a year at the University of the Nations at their campuses in Kona, Hawaii, and Lausanne, Switzerland. In 1993, he was named a Laureate in the Rolex Awards for Enterprise competition for his efforts in establishing a global ozone measuring network that used instruments of his own design.
In 1975, Forrest wrote The Altair 8800 Operator’s Manual, the manual for the world’s first personal computer. While he was writing the Altair manual, a couple of young programmers named Bill Gates and Paul Allen were creating a version of BASIC for the Altair. (That was the start of a company called Microsoft.) Thus, Forrest holds the honor of having written the very first book about personal computers.
Today, Forrest simultaneously carries out a variety of scientific and technical projects. He recently worked with the Space Science and Engineering Center at the University of Wisconsin to compare measurements of atmospheric water vapor made from satellites and the surface. From 2000-2006 he was a co-principal investigator for GLOBE, a network of 8000 schools in 83 countries that involves students in scientific research projects.
Yes, he really isn't very qualified is he?
