Are there any good books on how to repair electronic boards? mainly pcbs? Something that explains all the details like how to solder smd, and techniques to repair trances, and typical building blocks of different pcbs like fridges and laptops and speakers, with common faults of each?

 

Hello,

There are a lot of repair pages on the internet here:
http://www.repairfaq.org/REPAIR/F_Repair.html

Bertus

 

There was (still is to some extent) a company, SAMS, that produced Phtofacts. It was the Radio/TV serviceman's service manual/bible. Went out of publishing ~2010 but still lots of them around for sale. They assume you have basic electronics skills such as how to read a schematic, use a multimeter and other service instruments, soldering (and desoldering), and some understanding of how radios and TVs work. They produced a pamphlet called SAMS Photofacts of board photos with test points and values as well schematics and other info for various models of electronic equipment. They also printed books related to electronics subjects.
Indexes & References | SAMS Technical Publishing
Also... WorldRadioHistory: Radio Music Electronics Publications ALL FREE

 

I was hoping there's some sort of book or other resource that teaches me the basics of troubleshooting like: "fridge boards usually have a power supply section with 4 diodes and or a rectifier part that looks like this... and a motor driver section which you can recognize by such and such", "tv's work such and such"
I mean I feel like although I don't need to understand the details of their design but I need to know the building blocks of the pcb(s) and recognize them even without schematics, and the general working mechanisms of common consumer devices like fridges, tv's, speakers, over toasters, etc.

Hello,

There are a lot of repair pages on the internet here:
http://www.repairfaq.org/REPAIR/F_Repair.html

Bertus

Thank you very much! I read some of it and it's a huge and extensive guide and I think I'll be reading and using it frequently. Although it seems that some parts are dedicated to VCR's and other things which aren't as common as they used to be. So I wish there were also guides for devices which are the most common nowadays because if I hopefully gradually get into PCB repair as a profession, I'll be dealing with those for the most part.

There was (still is to some extent) a company, SAMS, that produced Phtofacts. It was the Radio/TV serviceman's service manual/bible. Went out of publishing ~2010 but still lots of them around for sale. They assume you have basic electronics skills such as how to read a schematic, use a multimeter and other service instruments, soldering (and desoldering), and some understanding of how radios and TVs work. They produced a pamphlet called SAMS Photofacts of board photos with test points and values as well schematics and other info for various models of electronic equipment. They also printed books related to electronics subjects.
Indexes & References | SAMS Technical Publishing
Also... WorldRadioHistory: Radio Music Electronics Publications ALL FREE

Thankfully I know some basics like how to read schematics, and use some tools. Almost no understanding of how radios and TVs work though. I've done some basic troubleshooting and repair on very simple pbc's but they had schematics and I want to learn how to do it even without one because I suspect they are hard to find for modern electronics most of the time.

 

Are there any good books on how to repair electronic boards? mainly pcbs? Something that explains all the details like how to solder smd, and techniques to repair trances, and typical building blocks of different pcbs like fridges and laptops and speakers, with common faults of each?

This is a two answer question!!!
The first question, about the needed technician skills, has quite a few publications available on the methods of soldering and un-soldering. There are also manuals that explain component mounting, as well as the methods for removal and replacement.
The second question, about repairing things, can be reduced to understanding how to determine what part has failed.
That skill is quite separate from the first set of skills above.
( This may be a bit off topic).
Creating that sort of document demands a quite close understanding of how that portion of a system actually operates. An alternative is a list of areas of a system to check, based on the symptoms observed.

I have a book on refrigeration systems, but it is much more generalized, in that is lists sections of a system to be examined for different complaints. I have not seen similar books recently for other areas.

 

Newnes, TAB, SAMS, and other publishers put out books for years aimed at the electronics service industry and hobbyists. Mostly small niche bits and pieces to help round out their electronics education. TAB put out "How to Diagnose and Fix Everything Electronic" by Michael Jay Geier which is still being published by McGraw Hill.
For example, these are the PDFs of some Newnes books I've found and read. But you will need a good basic education in AC/DC theory and
semiconductor devices electronics first. The World Radio History link I gave you is a good place to start looking even ignoring the antiquated books which can be a good read as well. There is a lot of free stuff out there to keep you busy.

And SAMS

 

Newnes, TAB, SAMS, and other publishers put out books for years aimed at the electronics service industry and hobbyists. Mostly small niche bits and pieces to help round out their electronics education. TAB put out "How to Diagnose and Fix Everything Electronic" by Michael Jay Geier which is still being published by McGraw Hill.
For example, these are the PDFs of some Newnes books I've found and read. But you will need a good basic education in AC/DC theory and
semiconductor devices electronics first. The World Radio History link I gave you is a good place to start looking even ignoring the antiquated books which can be a good read as well. There is a lot of free stuff out there to keep you busy.
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Wow this is quite a list. thank you!
I don't even know where to begin but I usually randomly read bits and pieces of books.
Also I had missed the world radio link, thinking it's the rest of the link before it. Although I can't open it now for some reason. But I think the pdf's are quite enough if I can ever read them all.

 

Hello,

A lot of older sams and tab books can be found here:
https://www.worldradiohistory.com/BOOKSHELF-ARH/Bookshelf_Sams.htm
https://www.worldradiohistory.com/BOOKSHELF-ARH/Bookshelf_TAB.htm

Bertus

 

SamR got it right, but did not emphasize it enough that you need to understand how circuits work first. And then be able to look at a circuit and understand how that works. Being able to follow a circuit is a big thing in appliance servicing. That is where you see that when the one defrost heater element is burnedout, thatthe end defrost timer motor does not run.