Anyone know a good intro to hobby electrical work site/video/book?

[elbing]

I'm planning on building my first custom mod. I'm still doing a lot of research, but I plan on doing some sort of unregulated box mod for my first build. There are many extensive guides and walkthroughs out there on how to do certain builds, and I feel like I have enough tinkering skills and common sense to safely execute them. This dive back into electronics has me scratching my head trying to remember those electrostatics classes from years ago. I'm looking for a resource that is more than a reddit wiki and less than a textbook that pertains to battery safety and use, soldering, and designing/planning circuits. I'm finding so much good stuff on this forum already! Y'all are great!

 

[Rat2chat2]

to ecf elbing. So glad you are here. I am not sure exactly what you are trying to build, but I have seen some fantastic YouTube's showing how it is done. YouTube is my best friend.

There are also lots on the modding threads. Good luck to you and happy building. I admire anyone who can do this.

 

[elbing]

I started out wanting to build a dna40 dual 18650 in a wood box. I've soldered like 2 things in my life, so I might try an unregulated box first. YouTube is amazing and I have found some great videos, I'm just intimidated by how powerful these batteries can be, especially since I hope to be able to sell a few mods to friends.

 

[chefjoosie]

If you're looking for general electronics, you can take a look at :
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLC8A1AD995AB64055
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL0793201A72D90BE4
He can be incredibly long winded, but there's still a lot of good information there.

If you want some videos just on mod builds, I'd suggest the oldies but goodies:
The PUCK e-Cig Mods - e-Cig Box Mods You Build Cheap and Easy That Use Standard Rechargable Batteries and
https://www.youtube.com/user/steeljan/videos

 

[david4500]

Soldering videos:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J5Sb21qbpEQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYz5nIHH0iY

 

[Spiceman1967]

Here are some basic online electronics courses that you may find helpful.
All About Circuits -Volume 1 - DC Circuits
Electronics 101 - Fundamentals of Electricity

Welcome to ECF!

 

[mullberry]

If you can find it a year or 2 ago there was an smd soldering manga posted on hackaday.com it was very helpful to me when i was learning.