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Buckland United Reformed Church

Buckland United Reformed Church

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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
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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

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Attendance
(10)
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Participants
52
Volunteers
10
5 skills
0 skills
0 skills
0 skills
4 skills
0 skills
0 skills
0 skills
0 skills
0 skills


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)
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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
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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
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An unpowered item is anything that doesn't have or require a power source.

Item Category Age Description of problem/solution Status Spare parts


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