FIY Camden, Fridays 28/08 - 18/09

About

Fix It Yourself covers repair skills over four hands-on workshops that take place on Friday afternoons at the Camden Fixing Factory. The course is designed to help you save money, cut waste and get hands-on fixing experience in a friendly environment. 

By the end of the four sessions, you'll be able to assess, repair, and safely rewire almost any domestic lamp to an industry-standard level, including identifying, sourcing and using the correct replacement parts. But this course is about more than fixing lamps - it's about developing a repair mindset and learning a proven approach that forms an excellent foundation for repair work in general.

Each session builds on the previous one, but not to worry if you can't make them all - you can also attend each event individually.

Suitable for complete beginners. Participants must be at least 18 years old.

This course is perfect for you if want to:

• be able to start fixing things around the house.
• learn a technical skill.
• learn best in a supportive and kind environment.
• get a feel for electrical items in a safe way.
• get started in the repair movement.
• learn something new.
• be done with buying new things every time they break.
• refresh your knowledge.

Session overview:

1. Safe repairs and cables (28th August): Learn the basics of safe electrical repair and get hands-on with portable appliance testing Fixing Factory items.

2. Plug repair and rewiring (4th September): Discover how plugs work and practice safely rewiring plugs.

3. Switches and wires (11th September):  Learn to fix faults in switches and wire a switch into a lamp.

4. Sockets and bulbs (18th September): Discover how to wire up bulb holders and assemble a lamp from scratch.

By the end of the sessions, participants will know how to safely build a lamp, troubleshoot simple electrical repair faults and understand the basics of safe electronics repair.