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Dean's Electronics is a book written for amateur electricians in the 21st century. On the book's cover, there is the picture of a light bulb in a circle lying atop various electrical diagrams. People used this book for learning the field of electronics and repairing electrical equipment. These books are used in the Vault-Tec Vaults.
An image of this book is copied onto a slide for the Vault Dweller's Survival Guide. The identifying number is VDSG Plate #138-29.
Characteristics
Fallout, Fallout 2, Fallout Tactics
Copies of Dean's Electronics are very easy to come by, and the game helpfully provides a few at certain Repair check locations. Reading them will boost your Repair skill a little, until you reach 92%. At that point, they will have no further effect.
Fallout 3
When the player's character reads the book, the repair skill increases by 1 point. If the player has chosen Comprehension, the repair skill increases by 2 points.
Fallout: New Vegas
When the player's character reads the book, the Repair skill increases by 3 (4 with Comprehension) points.
Locations
Fallout
| Closest map marker | Location description |
|---|---|
| Cathedral | Tower, level 3, on bookshelf |
| Glow | Level 4, in locker |
| Hub | Merchant: Mitch in Downtown |
| Hub | Merchant: Mrs. Stapleton in Downtown |
| Necropolis | The leader of the underground ghouls will give you three if your Repair is too low to fix the water pump. |
| Lost Hills | Given by the Knight near the broken Power Armor when you find the parts. |
Fallout 2
| Closest map marker | Location description |
|---|---|
| Ghost Farm | On one of the skinless Slags. |
| Gecko Junkyard | Inside the workshop storage room, in the stuff on the table |
| Vault City | Downtown, on the shelves behind Valerie. Use alcohol Valerie's perception a lot, then use Sneak to get the book. |
| New Reno | Salvatore's Bar, One floor floor above the ground floor, on the shelves in Mr. Salvatore's apartment. |
| New Reno | New Reno Arms, inside the workshop in the back room (accessible from the street). |
| Sierra Army Depot | In the desk in the CO's quarters, level three. |
| Sierra Army Depot | In the robobrain assembly lab, level three. |
| Mariposa Military Base | Two outside, one on the ground in the tent and the other inside a locker in another. |
| New California Republic (town) | On the bookshelf in the outpost, NCR Bazaar. |
| Navarro | In the middle workbench in the Vertibird hangar |
| Oil Rig | Two on the shelves in the scientist's office, Detention level. |
| Oil Rig | Two in CO's storage in the Barracks area. |
| Oil Rig | On the scientist in the mainframe room, Reactor Level. |
| Vault City | Merchant: Randall. |
| Vault City | Inner City Information Center, from Chief Librarian Kohl if you profess a love of books. |
| San Francisco | Merchant: Jenna in the General Store of the Oil Tanker. |
Fallout 3
| Closest map marker | Location description |
|---|---|
| Anchorage Memorial | In Anchorage Memorial Facility, in the infirmary on the west side, in an Average-locked floor safe under a table on the north wall of the room. If you used the Access Codes to unlock the terminal near the Nuka-Cola Vending Machine, you can remotely unlock the safe. |
| Andale | To the east, in a truck on the road. The truck is also an easy find by going NW from the Nuka-Cola Plant, straight uphill. |
| Bethesda Ruins | In Bethesda Offices West, on the third floor at the bottom of a wooden crate on a desk under some other stuff. |
| Canterbury Commons | In Dominic and Machete`s house on the desk on the left as you enter the room. |
| Corvega Factory | On a desk on the second floor near the Ant Queen. |
| Dunwich Building | In Forsaken Dunwich Ruins, on a shelf in a small room. |
| Hubris Comics | In Hubris Comics Utility, on a desk close to the Grayditch sewer exit. |
| Hubris Comics | Just outside the building, inside of the Pulowski Preservation Shelter. |
| Jury Street Metro Station | On the workbench. |
| Mama Dolce's | In Mama Dolce's Processed Foods, on a shelf in a stairwell at the southwest corner of the map |
| MDPL-05 Power Station | Leaning against a toolbox. |
| Metro Central | Near Foggy Bottom Station exit, behind a locked gate in generator area on a table. |
| Nuka-Cola Plant | Factory floor on the desk, take a right when you first enter the building. |
| Our Lady of Hope Hospital | In the Dry Sewers that lead from the basement of Our Lady of Hope Hospital to Dupont Circle. Its on a shelf in a room at the south end. |
| Ranger Compound | On the generator in the pantry. May have gotten stuck inside/under. |
| Red Racer Factory | Enter through the front, going to the room straight ahead with a Giant Teddy Bear on a tricycle suspended in the air. If you jump on the barrels to the left of a machine so you are on top there is a tool box with the book next to it. |
| Relay Tower KX-B8-11 | To the southeast, near Hilltop Farm Ruins, on top of a barrel inside a flipped-over container in a small radioctive pond |
| Rivet City | In Rivet City Bow, in Pinkerton's lab, on the shelf. Must be stolen. |
| Rockbreaker's Last Gas | In an abandoned shack on the cliff to the west, in a wooden box under the workbench. |
| Tepid Sewers | In the Raider hideout (in the tunnels behind sandbags. Enter the hideout, turn left, and enter the small room on your left. The book will be on the right corner behind toolbox (near generator). |
| VAPL-58 Power Station | On the desk next to computer. |
| VAPL-66 Power Station | On the desk with the broken computer. |
| Vault 92 | On a shelf in the destroyed barn to the west. |
| Vernon Square | In a small sewer area marked as 'Sewer Entrance' (not the sewer down the crater) on the local map in Vernon Square (at the end alley to the right of Cinema, opposite the Statesman Hotel). The book is on a table behind an Average locked door along with a Sawed-Off Shotgun. |
| Warrington Station | Past the beds where you meet Roy Phillips, in the room lit with a red light, on the southern shelf. |
Fallout: New Vegas
| Closest map marker | Location description |
|---|---|
| Sloan | In the barracks, on the shelf to your left as you enter. (Must be stolen.) |
| Nellis Air Force Base | Inside Loyal's house, on the long counter next to the ruined terminal. |
| Southern Nevada Wind Farm | In the shack, on the table with the clipboard and scrap metal. |
Abandoned BoS Bunker  | (Dead Money add-on) On the metal sill, opposite the Reloading Bench, in the area with the office. Though the location exists without the add-on, it is sealed by a keyless lock. |
| Puesta del Sol | (Dead Money add-on) Puesta del Sol Switching Station in the south center of the map on the upper level next to the terminal that shuts off power to the protected speakers. It is very difficult, but possible, to reach without Christine (her perk delays the speakers) and disarm the trip wire before you are killed by your collar. |
Fallout Tactics
| Closest map marker | Location description |
|---|---|
| Bunker Beta | Sold by mechanics after Mardin |
| Bunker Gamma | Sold by mechanics after Osceolla |
| St. Louis | On workbench |
| Junction City | In shelf |
| Vault 0 | In locker |
| Special encounter: Brothers Grimm | Carried by Joe Grimm |
Bugs
- In New Vegas, it is possible to obtain the fourth copy of Dean's Electronics without the DLC by clearing the update cache. This will unlock the bunker and allow access to the book. Doing so with the DLC installed, however, will clear any progress you made in that regard. This does not work with the latest patch on the PC version.
Videos
Fallout: New Vegas Locations
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