Re:Europeans get ‘right to repair’ for some electrical goods
by josefx on Thursday March 04, 2021 @05:12AM
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I have a Siemens wash/dry combination that is currently leaking. The replacement parts cost 20 to 60 euro online and half an hour of following a youtube video. Any estimate on the official repair service still puts me well bellow two hundred.
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Re:Europeans get ‘right to repair’ for some electrical goods
by magicalhippo on Thursday March 04, 2021 @06:24AM
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I just repaired a heating blanket for my SO. Was about $2 in parts (two diodes and a fuse).
Fortunately I know electronics and have a soldering iron, otherwise it would have been scrapped and she'd get a new one.
There's a local repair club[1] that shows up at shopping centers nearby every now and then and helps fixing consumer products for people. Great initiative IMHO.