Re: Looking for online "basics" resources...

[Matt Ion <soundy106@xxxxxxxxx>]

FIRETEK wrote:
> She shouldn't worry about it overly much.  My insurance agent can quote ULC
> spec'd designs all day long and doesn't understand any of the concepts
> behind them.  If you gave him a panel and a long distance card with "two
> hours" of prepaid time to Sara's Soda, he'd only wind up more confused than
> ever.  In the end, all they look for is an official looking certificate.

Yes, but she needs to understand it well enough to answer the questions on the
insurance certification exam.  The study material, as I said, *starts off* with
a high-low balanced circuit with C-form relay wiring, but with no electronics
background, none of that makes any sense to her.

Whether she retains any of it after the exam is another matter.

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> "Matt Ion" <soundy106@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>My wife is taking a property-insurance course as part of her underwriting
>>certification, and is struggling a bit right now with the alarm portion...
>>specifically, her study guide dives right into full-on "high-low balanced"
>>ULC-spec designs with NO information on the basics of alarm operation...
>>needless to say, not having any background in electronics at all, she's
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> having
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>>trouble grasping a lot of this.
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>>Wondering if anyone can point out some online tutorials on basic
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> electronics and
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>>alarm operation that might help her out?
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>>TIA.
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