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 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.)
I'm intrigued, that's a new one on me, which law did they quote? Normally the way consumer electronics manufacturers use the threat of law against anyone attempting to supply their service manuals, except to registered repairers, is under copyright law (to prevent cloning), I'm not aware of any safety law that would prevent them publishing it if they wanted to, so would be interested to know what it is.
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.)
I'm intrigued, that's a new one on me, which law did they quote? Normally the way consumer electronics manufacturers use the threat of law against anyone attempting to supply their service manuals, except to registered repairers, is under copyright law (to prevent cloning), I'm not aware of any safety law that would prevent them publishing it if they wanted to, so would be interested to know what it is.
