Dean's Electronics

Introduction

 Dean's Electronics is a manual for amateur electricians and skillbook found in the Fallout franchise. By reading the book in-game, the player's repair skill is increased. It appears in every game of the franchise.
 
In Fallout, Fallout 2 and Fallout Tactics, reading the book causes your repair skill to be increased by a variable percentage. That percentage gets smaller the higher your  repair skill is until it maxes around 90%.
 
in Fallout 3, the book is a straight one point increase to the repair skill. Two points are gained after the Comprehension perk is selected.

Fallout Locations

Map  Location	Description
Cathedral	In the tower, 3rd floor, on a bookshelf.
Glow	On the 4th floor, in a locker.
The Hub	Mitch the merchant, Downtown.
The Hub	Mrs. Stapleton the merchant, Downtown.
Lost Hills	Given to the player by a Knight found near some broken Power Armor. Only after the necessary parts are found.
Necropolis	Three are given to the player by the leader of the underground ghouls if their repair skill level is not high enough to fix the water pump.

 

Fallout 2 Locations

Map Location	Description
Ghost Farm	Slag missing their skin.
Gecko Junkyard	Table in the workshop's storage room.
Mariposa Military Base	Two outside in different tents, one on the ground and one in a locker.
Navarro	Workbench in the Vertibird hangar.
New California Republic - town	Bookshelf in the NCR Bazaar outpost.
New Reno	Workshop in the back of New Reno Arms.
New Reno	Shelf on the 2nd floor in Mr. Salvatore's apartment inside his bar.
Oil Rig	Two in the Barracks, CO's storage.
Oil Rig	Dead scientist in the mainframe room on the Reactor level.
Oil Rig	Two on the shelves in the scientist's office on the Detention level.
San Francisco	Jenna the merchant, General store on the Oil Tanker
Sierra Army Depot	Assembly lab, level three.
Sierra Army Depot	Desk in the CO's quarters, level three.
Vault City	Randall the merchant.
Vault City	Chief Librarian Kohl, Inner City Information Center. Conditional on choosing the correct dialogue option - loving books.
Vault City	Shelves behind Valerie. Alcohol can be used to lower her perception allowing the player to sneak by her.

 

Fallout Tactics Locations

Map Location	Description
Brothers Grimm	Joe Grimm, potential recruit (special encounter).
Bunker Beta	Various mechanics after the player completes the Mardin mission.
Bunker Gamma	Various mechanics after the player completes the Osceolla mission.
Junction City	Shelf in a buiding on the upper level.
St. Louis	Two copies in a workbench at the beginning of the mission.
Vault 0	Locker in a storage room on the upper level.

 

Fallout 3 Locations

Map Location	Description
Anchorage War Memorial	Average safe on the west side of the Facility interior zone.
Andale	Truck on the road east of the town.
Bethesda Ruins	Wooden crate concealed under junk, on a desk on the third floor of the Bethesda Offices West building.
Canterbury Commons	Desk in Dominic and Machete's house.
Corvega Factory	Desk on the 2nd floor.
Dunwich Building	Shelf in a side room in the Forsaken Dunwich Ruins.
Hubris Comics	Desk in the Hubris Comics Utlity Tunnels.
Hubris Comics	Pulowski Preservation Shelter outside the building.
Jury Street Metro Station	Workbench inside the metro, near the top of the escalators.
Mama Dolce's	Shelf in the middle of a stairway in the Processed Foods interior zone.
MDPL-05 Power Station	Near the skeleton of a technician.
Metro Central	Table in a generator area near the exit to Foggy Bottom Station.
Nuka-Cola Plant	Counter in the cafeteria on the ground floor.
Our Lady of Hope Hospital	Shelf in a room at the southern end of the Dry Sewers - a zone that connects the hospital's basement with Dupont Circle.
Ranger Compound	Gnerator in the pantry. May glitch and get hidden inside or underneath.
Red Racer Factory	Hidden on top of machinery in the first assembly room closest to the main entrance. Near a toolbox.
Relay Tower KX-B8-11	Upside down container sitting in a radioactive pond southeast of the tower.
Rivet City	Shelf in Pinkerton's lab in the Bow interior zone.
Rockbreaker's Last Gas	Under a workbench in an abandoned shack west of Rockbreaker's.
Tepid Sewers	Behind a toolbox in a small room in the Raider hideout.
VAPL-58 Power Station	Safe in the Power Substation.
VAPL-66 Power Station	Desk immediately inside.
Vault 92	Shelf in a farmhouse west of the vault's enrtance. Raider's inhabit the building.
Vernon Square	Table in an Average locked room in the Sewer Entrance.
Warrington Station	Shelf in a storage room beyond Roy Phillips and the ghouls' sleeping area.