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Studying for MECP Basic Installer Exam

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Topic: Studying for MECP Basic Installer Exam

Posted By: kosoku
Subject: Studying for MECP Basic Installer Exam
Date Posted: March 01, 2005 at 8:20 PM

I bought the study guide for the basic installer guide a few months ago thinking it would be pretty easy to pick up on (since I've installed alarms, remote start, receivers, amps, speakers, etc and have a working knowledge of 12v electronics). However, there's a lot of stuff in there that I have no prior knowledge of, like how capacitors work and such. I not only want to pass the exam, I want to really learn the material. What's the best way to study it? A lot of the concepts are hard for me to grasp.



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Posted By: geepherder
Date Posted: March 01, 2005 at 8:54 PM
try browsing around the library, spending time on www.howstuffworks.com, and picking some techno geek friends' brains

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Posted By: Master Asylum
Date Posted: March 02, 2005 at 8:22 AM

www.bcae1.com

Best site I've read to date for that stuff. I read it before I got the stupid study guide, and well, the study guide was severly lacking. And I had literacy issues with it as well. Anyways, read it, read it again, read it some more. Honestly, you just need the guide for the wording it provides on things. Just read it until you got it in your head and then take the exam. Though I dunno how valuable it will be to ya... Experience is more valuable than a piece of paper (Unless you work for BB, which requires MECP after so long.) The above site will be like 20x better reading.



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Posted By: joebobcletusjr
Date Posted: March 02, 2005 at 4:14 PM
definetely use howstuffworks.com, they go so far in depth, that you will still learn new things about systems you have been installing for years.  Check out how amplifiers work after reading how capacitors work.
 
Also right here on the12volt.com, I have found the most informative help out there (since you are learning from your peers, they usually put it into terms you can understand).  Check out the "Basics" section at the top left, because that includes some great information on the technical aspects of MECP (you probably wouldn't pass the test using only that section, so find out the things you will need to learn (a good way is to take the MECP prectice test) and do a google search for them.
 
There is always the good old way of hands on learning; you can buy little kits from discoverychannel.com that show you how to make relays, caps, resistors, and other things, and details how they work - these kits are a little simple, but they do help if it is something you are not too sure about.


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Posted By: kosoku
Date Posted: March 02, 2005 at 6:42 PM
That sounds like great advice! Thanks folks.




Posted By: tjwuth
Date Posted: March 03, 2005 at 12:33 AM
Capacitors, resistors, inductors, etc.  are all explained very well and in as much detail as you like in good Physics books.  I had a Phyiscs background before I got into car audio and that made the technical aspect of it a breeze.




Posted By: tjwuth
Date Posted: March 03, 2005 at 12:34 AM
Capacitors, resistors, inductors, etc.  are all explained very well and in as much detail as you like in good Physics books.  I had a Physics background before I got into car audio and that made the technical aspect of it a breeze.





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