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.
In the 1970s it was easy to procure service manuals from many sources. I used these with good effect to make modifications, repairs or correct design weakness.
Around 1990 I bought a music centre. Its features included an Aux In socket - useful, but I also wanted an Aux Out socket, to make recordings to media other than the incorporated compact cassette. I approached the maker's distribution centre for a service sheet but my request was flatly refused under the subterfuge of safety. I was told that by law they could not provide this. (I checked up on the law they quoted and found out that this was indeed the case.)
If these nanny state laws are being abolished then that is all to the good. It is strange that it is OK to carry out d.i.y. repairs on a motor car, a thing weighing nearly two tons and capable of moving many times faster than any of us can run, but electronic equipment - oh dear, no way!
In the 1970s it was easy to procure service manuals from many sources. I used these with good effect to make modifications, repairs or correct design weakness.
Around 1990 I bought a music centre. Its features included an Aux In socket - useful, but I also wanted an Aux Out socket, to make recordings to media other than the incorporated compact cassette. I approached the maker's distribution centre for a service sheet but my request was flatly refused under the subterfuge of safety. I was told that by law they could not provide this. (I checked up on the law they quoted and found out that this was indeed the case.)
If these nanny state laws are being abolished then that is all to the good. It is strange that it is OK to carry out d.i.y. repairs on a motor car, a thing weighing nearly two tons and capable of moving many times faster than any of us can run, but electronic equipment - oh dear, no way!
