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For an overview of Dean's Electronics, see Dean's Electronics. |
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Dean's Electronics is a skill book that can permanently increase Repair in Fallout and Fallout 2.
Characteristics
The amount of skill points gained from reading a skill book is equal to . Therefore, a skill can not be raised above 91% with skill books.
Reading books takes time and its duration is based on intelligence. Specifically, it takes hours to read a book. Therefore, it takes 1 hour to read a book at INT 10 and 10 hours to read a book at INT 1. If a book is used inside the inventory screen, rather than used in weapon slots, time will not pass until the inventory screen is exited.
Using a book removes it from inventory.
Locations
Fallout
| Closest map marker | Location description |
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| The Hub | Merchant: Mitch in Downtown. |
| The Hub | Merchant: Mrs. Stapleton in Downtown. |
| Necropolis | The leader of the underground ghouls will give the player three if their Repair is too low to fix the water pump. |
| The Glow | Two on Level 4, one in a locker, the other in a wall safe. |
| Lost Hills | Level 1, in a storage crate. |
| Lost Hills | Given by Kyle near the broken power armor when the player finds the parts. |
| The Cathedral | Tower, level 3, on bookshelf. |
| Los Angeles Vault | Level 2, on a mad scientist. |
Fallout 2
| World location | Closest map marker | Location description | Image |
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| Ghost Farm | Main cavern of Ghost Farm | Skinless Slag in the bookshelves room | 
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| Vault City | Maintenance Center | Bookcase behind Valerie | 
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| Information office | Chief Librarian Kohl
(given if the player professes a love of books) |
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| Amenities office | Merchant: Randal
(75% chance to restock 1 book after 14 days)[1] |
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| Gecko | Gecko junkyard | Bookcase inside the machine shop storage room (adjacent to Skeeter's room) | 
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| Broken Hills | Liz's general store | Merchant: Liz
(10% chance to restock 1 book after 7-14 days)[2] |
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| New Reno | Salvatore's Bar | Bookshelves behind Louis Salvatore | 
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| New Reno Arms | Workbench in the back room accessible from the street | 
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| Sierra Army Depot | Level 3, robotics | Desk in the Commanding Officer's quarters | 
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| In the Robotics lab (near Assemble body for Skynet) | 
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| New California Republic | NCR Bazaar | Bookshelf in the Guard captain's guard post | 
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| New California Republic power plant | Quest reward from Dorothy if the Chosen One successfully talked officer Jack out of blowing up the power plant | 
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| Mariposa Military Base | Surface of Mariposa Military Base | Footlocker in the northern tent
On the ground (next to the bed) in the southern tent (Quantity: 2 books) |
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| San Francisco | Flying Dragon 8 | Merchant: Lao Chou
(30% chance to restock 2-3 books after 2-4 days)[3] |
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| Jenna's general store | Merchant: Jenna
(30% chance to restock 2-3 books after 2-4 days)[4] |
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| Navarro | Navarro Main Base | Middle workbench in the vertibird hangar | 
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| Enclave Oil Rig | Barracks | Crates in the storage room connected to the Commanding Officer's living quarters
(Quantity: 2 books) |
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| Detention and research level | Bookshelves in the Enclave scientist's office
(Quantity: 2 books) |
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| Reactor level | Enclave scientist in the mainframe room | 
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Gallery
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