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Buckland United Reformed Church
Buckland United Reformed Church
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Repair Café Portsmouth
Repair Café Portsmouth
Details
Details
Sat 19th Oct 2019
10:30-13:00 Europe/London
Clare Seek
Buckland UR Church, 174 Kingston Road, Portsmouth, PO2 7LP
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Description
Description
Need something repaired?
No repair too small. Bring along your broken bikes, toys, ceramics, clothes, textiles and small household and electrical appliances.
A team of volunteer expert repairers will be on hand to help you find fixes.
Everyone is welcome. The event is free, although we do collect donations so that we can keep running this great community event. Tea, coffee and
READ MORE Items fixed
11
11
powered items
0
unpowered items
Environmental impact
33 kg
waste prevented
Not counting toward this event's environmental impact are 5 items to be recycled and 9 items to be repaired.
176 kg
estimated CO2e emissions prevented
that's like growing 3 tree seedlings for 10 years
Items at this event
(25)
Items at this event
(25)
A powered item is anything that has or requires a power source.
| Item | Category | Brand | Age | Description of problem/solution | Status | Spare parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Relay box | Misc
Fixed
 | - | Capacitor/part brought in for help to repair | Fixed | | |
| Toy Horse | Toy
Fixed
| Tomy | - | Corroded battery terminal + wire - cleaned and soldered wir... | Fixed | |
| Water feature light | Decorative or safety lights
Fixed
| - | pump and light broken - installed pump brought in by custome... | Fixed | | |
| Kettle | Kettle
Repairable
| Smeg | 1.5 | no connection - under guarantee - return to manufacturer | Repairable | |
| - | Decorative or safety lights
End
| - | possible broken wire - unable to repair | End | ||
| Speaker | Hi-Fi separates
Repairable
| hIve | - | charging port fallen out | Repairable | |
| - | Lamp
Fixed
| - | Fuse blown - changed | Fixed | ||
| Glow Clock | Watch/clock
End
| - | not working - opened unit but unable to identify failed comp... | End | ||
| Carpet Cleaner | Vacuum
Repairable
| Vax | - | not working - found to be missing a bolt | Repairable | |
| - | Vacuum
Fixed
| Dyson | - | Noisy - accumulated dirt removed | Fixed | |
| Media player | TV and gaming-related accessories
Repairable
| Brightsion | - | SD Card Slot Broken - unassembled, cleared, may work but una... | Repairable | |
| table lamp | Lamp
Fixed
| Argos | - | Lamp switch house internal spring broken | Fixed | |
| Coffee Machine | Coffee maker
End
| DeLonghi | - | leak on sealed plumbing | End | |
| Laptop | Laptop medium
Repairable
| Lenovo | - | Lines on screen display - needs replacement screen | Repairable | |
| DAB radio | Portable radio
Repairable
| - | Radio fails to work after 10 secs. No fault found. Possible... | Repairable | | |
| Standard Lamp | Lamp
Fixed
| - | loose wires | Fixed | ||
| Record Player | Hi-Fi separates
Fixed
| - | Not working | Fixed | ||
| - | Paper shredder
Fixed
| - | Only going in reverse. No cause found - working | Fixed | ||
| Router | PC accessory
Fixed
| - | Believed switch not working - safety switch was on - worked... | Fixed | ||
| Sewing Machine | Sewing machine
Repairable
| - | Very dry inside. Needs serviced and mains plug replaced | Repairable | ||
| phone Charger | Mobile
Repairable
| Mymo | - | No longer charging/ needs USB plug | Repairable | |
| Tower Fan | Fan
End
| - | Broken plastic cog | End | ||
| - | Lamp
Fixed
| - | Dodgy switch - bypassed switch | Fixed | ||
| - | Kettle
End
| Cookworks | - | Element failed - not replaceable | End | |
| - | Tablet
Repairable
| - | Not linking to 3G | Repairable |
POWERED (25) 
33
176
POWERED
(25)
33
176
A powered item is anything that has or requires a power source.
| Item | Category | Brand | Age | Description of problem/solution | Status | Spare parts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Relay box | Misc
Fixed
| - | Capacitor/part brought in for help to repair | Fixed | | |
| Toy Horse | Toy
Fixed
| Tomy | - | Corroded battery terminal + wire - cleaned and soldered wir... | Fixed | |
| Water feature light | Decorative or safety lights
Fixed
| - | pump and light broken - installed pump brought in by custome... | Fixed | | |
| Kettle | Kettle
Repairable
| Smeg | 1.5 | no connection - under guarantee - return to manufacturer | Repairable | |
| - | Decorative or safety lights
End
| - | possible broken wire - unable to repair | End | ||
| Speaker | Hi-Fi separates
Repairable
| hIve | - | charging port fallen out | Repairable | |
| - | Lamp
Fixed
| - | Fuse blown - changed | Fixed | ||
| Glow Clock | Watch/clock
End
| - | not working - opened unit but unable to identify failed comp... | End | ||
| Carpet Cleaner | Vacuum
Repairable
| Vax | - | not working - found to be missing a bolt | Repairable | |
| - | Vacuum
Fixed
| Dyson | - | Noisy - accumulated dirt removed | Fixed | |
| Media player | TV and gaming-related accessories
Repairable
| Brightsion | - | SD Card Slot Broken - unassembled, cleared, may work but una... | Repairable | |
| table lamp | Lamp
Fixed
| Argos | - | Lamp switch house internal spring broken | Fixed | |
| Coffee Machine | Coffee maker
End
| DeLonghi | - | leak on sealed plumbing | End | |
| Laptop | Laptop medium
Repairable
| Lenovo | - | Lines on screen display - needs replacement screen | Repairable | |
| DAB radio | Portable radio
Repairable
| - | Radio fails to work after 10 secs. No fault found. Possible... | Repairable | | |
| Standard Lamp | Lamp
Fixed
| - | loose wires | Fixed | ||
| Record Player | Hi-Fi separates
Fixed
| - | Not working | Fixed | ||
| - | Paper shredder
Fixed
| - | Only going in reverse. No cause found - working | Fixed | ||
| Router | PC accessory
Fixed
| - | Believed switch not working - safety switch was on - worked... | Fixed | ||
| Sewing Machine | Sewing machine
Repairable
| - | Very dry inside. Needs serviced and mains plug replaced | Repairable | ||
| phone Charger | Mobile
Repairable
| Mymo | - | No longer charging/ needs USB plug | Repairable | |
| Tower Fan | Fan
End
| - | Broken plastic cog | End | ||
| - | Lamp
Fixed
| - | Dodgy switch - bypassed switch | Fixed | ||
| - | Kettle
End
| Cookworks | - | Element failed - not replaceable | End | |
| - | Tablet
Repairable
| - | Not linking to 3G | Repairable |
UNPOWERED
0
0
UNPOWERED
0
0
An unpowered item is anything that doesn't have or require a power source.
| Item | Category | Age | Description of problem/solution | Status | Spare parts |
|---|
