{"id":1862,"date":"2020-05-26T12:50:38","date_gmt":"2020-05-26T10:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/repaircafe.org\/en\/?p=1862"},"modified":"2022-09-15T14:51:59","modified_gmt":"2022-09-15T12:51:59","slug":"lamp-broken-repair-cafe-fixes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.repaircafe.org\/en\/lamp-broken-repair-cafe-fixes\/","title":{"rendered":"Lamp broken? Repair Caf\u00e9 fixes!"},"content":{"rendered":"
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]The lamp is a product which can be found in all households. It’s therefore not surprising that the lamp is one of the most popular items in Repair Caf\u00e9s. For years now, lamps have been high on our top ten list of common products.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Some issues with lamps are easy to solve. Does your lamp constantly flicker? Then you probably need to replace the light source. Are you wondering exactly which type of light source you need? Then an internet search<\/a> can help.<\/span><\/p>\n

You are more than welcome at the Repair Caf\u00e9 for other problems. In Repair Caf\u00e9 Rodenberg in Germany, lamps are even the most popular product. Martin Weigelt, co-founder and organizer of this Repair Caf\u00e9, is not surprised about that. \u201cLamps are very often brought to the Repair Caf\u00e9 because they are on average very long-living products and the defects are often age-related\u201d, he says.<\/span><\/p>\n

Lamp repairs often successful<\/strong><\/h2>\n

Is your lamp broken? Then there’s a good chance that it can be fixed at a Repair Caf\u00e9. In almost 70% of all registered cases a lamp was successfully repaired. This is evident from the\u00a0RepairMonitor, the international tool for data collection at community repair events.<\/p>\n

Apart from that, lamps often receive a high score for repairability from Repair Caf\u00e9 repairers. In 40% of all lamp repairs in the RepairMonitor the repairers rated the repairability of the product as 8 or higher (on a 1 to 10 scale). This indicates that lamps are generally easy to fix.<\/p>\n

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