Hi, gpowellpec, this is my first post, I just found this board. One thing comes to mind on knowledge vs. experience, is safety. Reading books is great and I love it but how many times have you worked on something that you were told was off when in fact it was hot. I was working at a school once and in one wing someone had used green wire for all the hot wires. Experience will tell you to always check before you work, knowledge won't. In this day and age though, you have to keep up on technology, and book reading is a necessity.
