Electrical 101 for cars, trucks and equipment. Beginner electrical, Class 1.

In this video we are going over Electrical 101. Free class.

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[jamesscott]

My auto Electric story:

I was a third-year auto mechanic apprentice working the line at a dealership of German cars. this was before the lemon laws were passed.

A car that had been sold the month before was towed in. It had suffered an electrical fire behind the dashboard and behind the firewall. Every single wire had been burned and all of the switches were half melted or completely gone. no flat rate Mechanic would touch it so the foreman assigned it to me.

Every switch and dash light was ordered along with a main wiring harness. The switches came in but no wiring harness. After waiting two months the foreman told me to get busy.

I had no special training or experience in auto electric. I pulled in an identical new car is my example and replaced every single wire behind the dash and behind the firewall with red wire.

On the first test everything worked perfectly except for one door switch which was easy to fix. I was very proud of my work in spite of it looking like a plate of spaghetti!

[andrewmason]

6 months in as a diesel mechanic but I’ve been watching your videos sense before that. I struggle with wiring and electrical at work so this video couldn’t have came at a better time! Thank you☝🏼

[raisingthebar]

Sliding into a diesel mechanic shop after nearly a decade as a welder.

Not worried about the body or replacing parts. Point me at it and gimme a manual and ill get it done. Not as fast as someone who knows what they are doing but itll get done.

Electrical might as well be black magic to me though.

I just stumbled upon your diesel 101 and then saw you made these.

You are the best my dude.

[ShouldersMoondog]

Retiring after 50+ years in the electrical trade, (Plant maintenance, Multi-craft too) then teaching at a community college, (electrical) you have done an excellent job of explaining electricity!! I really your video's that you have done. I like the troubleshooting the engines, etc. Keep up the Great work!! Thanks!! Oh! I do agree that the flow of electrons bumping into one another and the calculation are the "boring Part" of the trade!! But is needed/required for an understanding of electrical flow!!

[Rayden]

Thank you so much for these lessons. I'm going through schooling to become a heavy duty diesel mechanic here in Canada. Electrical has always been my weakness.

[doubledtruckinginc]

I have to say your videos are a lifelines for me. Owning my first truck I looked for information online and inevitably I came to your channel. It has taught me most of what I know and I can’t thank you enough. Appreciate everything you do and the information you put out in the ethos for people to learn!

[peted]

i watched your diesel classes and it changed my understanding of engines completely ! excited for these classes

[jaskeetatwal]

Please continue this series further brother. You made it easy. Waiting for more videos

[angelawerner]

You have great teaching gifts. You make complicated concepts easy to understand. Glad you are sharing your in-depth knowledge with us on the Internet. I am a retired public school teacher who owns a 5.9 Cummins pickup truck, which I am getting to understand and appreciate so much more!

[cstew]

I’m a auto electrician and I’m looking forward to gaining more knowledge thanks mate. 👍

[NVSC]

I am a generator mechanic as well in Phoenix. I've done lots of setups and needed this information. Glad to see someone talking and teaching lessons about this stuff!

[redhaironfire]

Cam! I applied for the apprenticeship at Western states in Meridian!!!! THANK YOU FOR MAKING THESE

[hawkins]

Thanks bro I'm a garbage tech alot of hydraulics everything's moving to electrically actuated everything valves modules ect its been the most daunting thing in finally pushing myself to progress in the electrical diagnostic work on mainly mack and cummins diesel and cng heil and mcnelius body's I still very much learn and enjoy ur channel

[ironnerd]

Josh, thank you for going back to basics. There are a ton of people looking to get into doing "things, " and many experts skip the basics. Doesn't matter what "things" are, experts guess you know it when doing videos.

I guess I am trying to say, the more knowledge out there, the better we will be. Ain't nobody coming to rescue us.

[jamesunderwear]

I just got my start as a deisel mechanic/trailer mechanic and ur videos have been a very big help for explaining how all the things i have been working on and fixing at the shop actually work and help me so much to understand the reason behind the things i am fixing

[benc]

Thank you for taking the time to explain each setting/ type of power.

[trevorWilhelm-zlomke]

these classes are worth it espaclly becuase im taking dieseal classes in college it helps me alot gets me more ahead of my classmates thank you

[williamharvey]

I’m looking forward to more of these. I’m currently trying to troubleshoot an electrical problem that I have with my Peterbilt. I even sent you an email with a detailed description of what I have going on. Thanks for the basics.

[larryblair]

Thank you for these videos, I love them all, but I can't thank you enough for the tutorials. Especially the electrical series you have started. Can't wait to see the whole series. I am a small engine mechanic, but I learn everyday and enjoy your approach.

[ventura]

great vid for beginners, , , , a couple of things, , , its not the voltage that kills you, its the amps, and DC power is a lot more dangerous then AC power, as a Marine Engineer we trained up to 3 phase AC and 40 v DC..