Welcome!

You already know that computers need to be looked after, but technicians can be expensive. You probably feel that you could fix them yourself if only you had access to a technician's reference information.

Our books contain that information, plus ways and means of using it, together with preventive tips and tricks to help make sure you don't get into trouble in the first place! If you're a PC engineer already, our books can provide the backup you don't always get, especially if you're by yourself - the best weapon you can have is information, or at least knowing where to get it - people with knowledge tend to keep their jobs longer. But where do you find the stuff you need to do your job properly? How do you keep up to date in a constantly changing industry? You could try the Internet, but it would take several years to get what we offer all in one place, always assuming you had a connection when you needed it. Techies are too busy for that, anyway.

Electrocution has provided support information for PC technicians (and pilots) for over twenty five years, with thousands of regular readers of titles like The BIOS Companion, which explains all those confusing CMOS Settings from companies such as Award, Phoenix or Unicore. Currently, we are the only suppliers of general technical information to the computer industry, aside from the manufacturers themselves, taking over the position formerly occupied by Microhouse. However, older information is constantly being removed from their web sites, making it difficult to find, except from us!

For advanced pilot or accelerated aviation training, we offer The Helicopter Pilot's Handbook, Canadian Professional Pilot Studies, CARs in Plain English, The ANO (& Rules of the Air) in Plain English and JAR Professional Pilot Studies, to name but a few (check out our Aviation page). We are especially good at translating aviation regulations into Plain English!

Although used by regulatory authorities and recommended for advanced courses, including at least 2 MScs and many college courses, our books are presented in a common-sense format that is entirely suitable for non-technical readers, and are updated constantly.

"This series of four books is clear, readable and contain many useful illustrations. The case studies clearly demonstrate the problems faced by network administrators and provide easily workable solutions, and provide the reader with an excellent grounding in Network Systems and Communications. They have proved invaluable to the teaching of the M.Sc. course in Data Communications at Kingston University and we recommend them to all students following similar courses of study."

Yours Faithfully,

Dr Andrew Curley BSc, MSc, PhD, AMIEE
Martin Tunicliffe BEng, PhD, AMIEE, CPhys, MInstP

If you have your own requirements, we can provide specialist technical writing services, particularly for software manuals, aviation operations manuals (to JAR and Canadian standards), together with the supporting documentation needed by the average commercial air transport company (Training Manuals, SOPs, ISO, etc.). However, please note that, just because text has been accepted before, it is no guarantee that it will be so again! We can quote separately to suit your circumstances, if you just need your stuff tidied up (we can handle most formats).

We also do PDM/CRM training for the single pilot, for JAA and Transport Canada, together with Operational and Ground Crew training, and the course notes are available in the shape of the books listed on the site. They range in scope from ground training for professional pilots' licences, to mountain flying and other specialist skills, such as longlining, proficiency checks or simply annual recurrent training. UK CRM courses are £120 per person per day. Canadian ones are $120 Can.

Our clients include, or have included, CHC Global, Aerogulf Services, Taiga Helicopters, WPD Helicopter Unit, Polo Aviation, Wessex Helicopters, East Midlands Helicopters, Thamesdown Helicopters, Sky Aviation, By-Air, Martini Freight Services, Butane Buzzard, and many others. Download a sample Ops Manual page here

We belong to The British Association of Aviation Consultants

We also have links to several (i.e. hundreds) of tech support sites, including manufacturers.

Announcing our new JAA ATPL(H) modular distance learning course!

"Man I already like the service. I can't believe you answer so fast! Not even in my company that is so good."

Juan Romero

About The Author

Phil Croucher's computer books are the result of several years' experience of freelance network management, system building and repairs, being A+, N+ and Netware certified. He has been involved with computing since 1986, starting off with a variation of Acorn's BBC computer, the Torch, using its own version of CP/M, called CP/N. From there he has fond memories of the Sirius and the Macintosh, but has mostly been involved with IBM compatibles of all shapes and sizes.

He has been a regular guest on AM1290's Saturday morning computer chat show, Experts On Call, and has written several columns for UK's Computer Shopper, PC Plus and Pilot magazines.

Phil is also involved in Aviation, and holds JAR, UK, and Canadian professional licences for helicopters and aeroplanes. He currently flies for Aerogulf Services and writes the safety column for Heli-Ops Magazine.