Finding a replacement shade

My hallway light fitting suffered an accident whilst a new fridge was being delivered. The delivery company did offer to replace it but I wanted to see if I could replace just the one broken shade. The challenge is often finding spare parts for any fix. The shop where I had originally bought it no… Continue reading Finding a replacement shade

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Hair Trimmer Switch Repair

My ‘friend’s’ trimmer had stopped working, so I took a look. Initially, I checked that a new battery didn’t resolve the problem. This did not solve the problem so I took a look inside. The internal circuit was quite simple, a sliding switch makes a connection between the battery positive terminal and the body of… Continue reading Hair Trimmer Switch Repair

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Repair Story – Remote Control

A repair story from our volunteer repairer Keith. In this story he saves himself £20 and a lot of frustration by repairing his remote control. A bit of lemon juice and alcohol and it was back in use!

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Wooden Hangar Repair

Our volunteer repairer hero, Keith shared with us a story about one of those items we have all broken and assumed was simply a candidate for the bin. Such a simple repair!

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Broken Desk Drawer

A repair story from our volunteer and member Keith. In this case he was brought a broken piece of furniture by a family member and got it back into use. What a hero!

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Huawei P10 Battery Replacement

Repair Cafe Volunteers practice their skills outside of the events! Here Keith shares a recent repair story when a family member brought their faulty smart phone to him.

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Repairing jump leads

Follow the repair of a pair of jump leads along with one of the volunteer repairers from Repair Cafe Gosport. By effecting a repair he was able to save them from waste for the cost of a £5 part rather than binning them and having to buy a new set for around £20.

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