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UPDATE: The Oven and Range Repair course is now open for enrollment. Click here for details. Team Samurai is turning up the heat this July with a new full-length technical course: Oven and Range Repair The content that we’ve created for you is absolutely fantastic. We cannot wait to be able to open the doors so you can see it for yourself. This is a mondo course, with over 30 original videos and 7 Case Studies, that was almost a year in the making using the same training structure for the prerequisite courses we developed for Sub-Zero Wolf factory training. The Oven and Range Repair training course covers all the technology used in modern gas and electric cooking appliances, ovens, cooktops, and microwaves, and includes seven real-world troubleshooting case studies using the world-famous Ten Step Tango® troubleshooting procedure. Next to refrigerators, cooking appliances are the most profitable appliances to repair, especially high-end cooking appliances. Any appliance company that expects to thrive and prosper in the coming recession needs to be competent at troubleshooting and repairing high-end cooking appliances and this course empowers any tech to do exactly that. Here's a list of the topics taught in the course: 1 Groundwork concepts 1.1 Basic electricity refresher 1.2 Conductor ampacity 1.3 120/240 VAC split phase power supplies 1.4 Ghost voltage and electrical measurements 1.5 GFCI and AFCI circuit protection 1.6 Gas fuel basics 2 Cooking appliance technology 2.1 Mechanical and solid state relays 2.2 Capacitive touchpanels 2.3 Motorized door lock assemblies 2.4 RTD oven temperature sensors 2.5 Electronic oven controls 2.6 Microwave oven operating principles and troubleshooting 2.7 Electric cooktop infinite switches 2.8 Radiant and inductive cooktops 2.9 Gas surface burners 2.10 Gas oven burners 2.11 Fuel conversion on gas ovens and cooktops 2.12 Gas burner spark ignition systems 2.13 Gas flame detection and burner reignition systems 2.14 Gas oven hot surface ignition systems 2.15 Direct spark ignition (DSI) systems 3 Seven troubleshooting case studies on modern, real-world gas and electric ovens and cooktops applying the principles taught in the course and the world-famous Ten Step Tango® troubleshooting procedure. 3.1 Dual fuel range - oven no heat 3.2 Double wall oven - long pre-heat 3.3 Dual fuel range - gas surface burner continuous sparking 3.4 Dual fuel range - gas surface burner no ignition 3.5 Gas range - bake burner no ignition 3.6 Gas range - low/erratic oven temperature 3.7 Electric cooktop - hot surface indicator light stays on The Oven and Range Repair training course will be released this coming Saturday, July 15, 2017, at the bargain introductory tuition of only $375. We'll announce the official release in our newsletter. Look for it in your inbox.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: Master Samurai Tech to Provide Online Appliance Repair Training for Mr. Appliance New London, NH, USA, February 14, 2016 - Master Samurai Tech, a nationally-recognized online appliance repair training academy, has been selected to provide technical training to Mr. Appliance franchisees and technicians. Master Samurai Tech will create a custom training website exclusively for Mr. Appliance franchisees, incorporating the online technical courses from the Master Samurai Tech Academy. The custom Mr. Appliance site will launch in spring of 2016. Mr. Appliance LLC is the largest appliance service franchise company in North America. Entrepreneurs have been starting new appliance repair businesses under the franchise brand of Mr. Appliance since 1996 and benefitting from the nationally-recognized Mr. Appliance brand. The Master Samurai Tech Academy was founded in 2014 by Scott and Susan Brown, who have over two decades of experience in the appliance service industry, both running a service company and providing support and training for technicians online. “Sometime during the last three decades, critical troubleshooting skills have gotten lost in the appliance service industry,” says 56-year-old Scott Brown, aka, Samurai Appliance Repair Man, “As a result, most working techs today do not possess these skills and there’s a huge need for trained appliance service technicians to service today’s computer-controlled appliances.” "With this training resource, Mr. Appliance technicians can now get world-class, online technical training they need to master the troubleshooting strategies and skills required to successfully service modern appliances, resulting in higher First Call Completion rates and greater customer satisfaction," Brown added. “The proven and effective training courses at the Master Samurai Tech Academy are appropriate and affordable for both new and experienced techs,” says 50-year-old Susan Brown, aka, Mrs. Samurai. “Many working techs today have never received comprehensive, structured education on the digital and analog skills required to troubleshoot and repair modern appliances. These skills include: basic electricity, electric circuit analysis, reading schematics and using them to troubleshoot, single- and poly-phase electric motors, digital communications, and refrigeration systems.” Learn more about Master Samurai Tech and their online appliance tech training courses at their website: http://mastersamuraitech.com Contact: Scott M. Brown scott@mastersamuraitech.com mastersamuraitech.com phone number: 603-290-5516 ENDS