What’s wrong with this kettle? And how hard can it be to repair something yourself when it stops working?
This 3-hour workshop is designed to make you autonomous, by teaching you diagnostic and repair techniques for common appliances (kettle, toaster, hairdryer…), and practicing on faulty ones. You’ll also be able to bring your own appliance, and try your hand at repairing it at the end of the workshop.
The workshop will cover the following topics:
– Basic principles of safe working and personal protective equipment (PPE).
– The function of the main electrical and mechanical components of small household appliances, and how to check them.
– Analysis of typical electrical diagrams for a number of small appliances.
– Multimeter: understand how it works to check electrical components such as switches, diodes, thermostat, potentiometer, motor, heating element.
– Troubleshooting, repair techniques and their application to various household appliances.
– Tools needed for repairs, how to use them and set up a toolbox.
– The various parts and consumables needed to repair small appliances: switches, fuses, plugs, connectors, cleaners, bulbs, heating elements, tin, heat-shrink tubing, connection caps, etc.
– Resources for obtaining reference information and purchasing parts and tools.
Skills required: None, just curious about how our appliances work!
Price includes all necessary materials and lots of valuable advice!
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