Although full time job, sometimes been asked to repair (like everyone else on this site) electrical /mechanical equipment big or small up to the not so easy washing machines and mig welders. Down to a few items nowadays due to the throw-away attitudes that people have, as items do not cost as much as the older items once did.
The skip sites were valuable to me to hunt for parts as I repaired items for no cost whenever I could. Due to H&S you are not allowed now this past few years to remove anything from a skip site.
The big winner of this new law. "The right to repair " will be of course that big rich company where you can get anything even a small £1 switch in a big cardboard box (and I use them for parts), the loser will be the with hundreds of big vans travelling all over the country for small items.
This is only a small courteous take on this from me, others may have a more generous view.
I completely agree with the principle of make do and mend, but there are limitations.
Our washing machine broke down last year. That is to say that the drum was making a fearful racket and wobbling. Some of you may already have guessed that the spider had failed.
Getting the damned thing apart to confirm that that was the case took at least a day.
The part was available - for £450.
There would have been no sense in replacing it with out replacing all the seals and hoses, etc. which had been disturbed. Reassembly would, presumably have taken longer than disassembly.
I completely agree with the principle of make do and mend, but there are limitations.
Our washing machine broke down last year. That is to say that the drum was making a fearful racket and wobbling. Some of you may already have guessed that the spider had failed.
Getting the damned thing apart to confirm that that was the case took at least a day.
The part was available - for £450.
There would have been no sense in replacing it with out replacing all the seals and hoses, etc. which had been disturbed. Reassembly would, presumably have taken longer than disassembly.
