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.
AS I understand it there are two ways to read this
1) as I suspect we'd like here - a right to be able to get a repair done by anyone, requiring the publishing of service manuals and circuits etc for sale to general public.
2) As I suspect the big companies and lawyers see it, a right to have the item repaired by an approved service centre with approved parts when paying an approved price. Keeping all the info in the hands of a small controlled group of people.
I suspect we'll only get no2.
Oddly for cars it has never been like this, and pattern parts can be bought and fitted by anyone, and while car makers may have financial problems, the existence of the Haynes manuals and Halfords replacement headlight bulbs is not the main cause.
AS I understand it there are two ways to read this
1) as I suspect we'd like here - a right to be able to get a repair done by anyone, requiring the publishing of service manuals and circuits etc for sale to general public.
2) As I suspect the big companies and lawyers see it, a right to have the item repaired by an approved service centre with approved parts when paying an approved price. Keeping all the info in the hands of a small controlled group of people.
I suspect we'll only get no2.
Oddly for cars it has never been like this, and pattern parts can be bought and fitted by anyone, and while car makers may have financial problems, the existence of the Haynes manuals and Halfords replacement headlight bulbs is not the main cause.
