Sessions covering the art and science of electrical troubleshooting were a popular choice for attendees of Automechanika Chicago presents Motor Age Training Live. One such course was “Electrical Troubleshooting – Making the Complex Simple”, offered twice (Friday morning and again on Saturday afternoon) over the two-and-a-half-day event.
Those who walked into this classroom might not have immediately recognized instructor Tony Martin. He is a tall, lanky man and the picture of him that accompanies any of the numerous articles he’s written for Motor Age can’t indicate just how tall a guy he really is. His physical height is dwarfed, however, by the size of his commitment to his profession and his readers.
“Automotive technicians are faced with solving electrical problems every day,” Martin told this reporter. “My class provides a solid understanding of how electricity works, how basic circuits are constructed and the techniques (they need) for making seemingly complex problems easy to solve.”
Martin shared not only the science of electrical troubleshooting, but the art of electrical troubleshooting, using personal experiences he learned as an apprentice technician. “The stuff I know best about electricity was learned the hard way,” said Martin. “And my purpose is to help folks by sharing these experiences and using them to illustrate the basic electrical concepts that every automotive technician needs to understand.”
No question that attendees of Martin’s session are going home ready to tackle future electrical challenges with confidence.
