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.
Had to strip out the brushes out of another failed machine, file and shape them to replace what was left in a vacuum cleaner.
Before that, I just happened to pop along to a local Hoover repair shop to be told a set of replacement brushes were not available and then was quoted £60.00 for a new hoover goblin. I didn't even bother to stay to suggest a part exchange. The logistics of time, transport and parking outweighed any further communications.
So what we have are programmed obsolescence, consumerism and commercialism
Had to strip out the brushes out of another failed machine, file and shape them to replace what was left in a vacuum cleaner.
Before that, I just happened to pop along to a local Hoover repair shop to be told a set of replacement brushes were not available and then was quoted £60.00 for a new hoover goblin. I didn't even bother to stay to suggest a part exchange. The logistics of time, transport and parking outweighed any further communications.
So what we have are programmed obsolescence, consumerism and commercialism
