Trumpy,
I use to repair appliances when I was in business and only as a courtesy to my best customers. I didn't like it. There were too many things to go wrong. Now with all of the new electronics in the appliances, I would be scared to death to try and repair something.
Indeed Harold,
Appliances have changed considerably since I did my time and I can fully agree with what you are saying.
To say appliance servicing is a specialised thing, doesn't really give it the respect it deserves.
Having said that,
Those that are still in it over here, are only in it because they have an almost intimate relationship with spare parts suppliers.
If I can't get parts for a pretty much generic appliance off the shelf at the supply store, I'm more or less stuffed as to repairing the appliance.
I've fixed a few ovens, fridges and the odd TV set for relatives (Can't deny my own family of hot food, cold beers and rugby!
) over the last few years, but that is about as far as I am willing to go into appliance repair, I understand how these appliances work.
But at the end of the day, it also has to be an
economical repair as well, sure you might have fixed the thing, but if it took you say, 2 days to diagnose and repair the thing, you aren't going to ever break even.
As Greg mentioned above, with electronics becoming the rule of the land as far as appliances go nowadays, I'd sooner get a guy that knows the appliance, rather that have me muck the whole thing up, besides, if he works with them all the time, he's more than likely to have the proper service manuals for it as well.
