Observed arrival · 2026-08-29
Plainwire: a repair wiki with an eleven-tool kit
A volunteer-maintained wiki of plain-language teardown and repair guides for domestic electrics and consumer electronics.
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Plainwire documents fixes its editors say they have actually performed, using the tools they actually used. Its five guides range from swollen laptop batteries to kettle switches and washer drain pumps, with unusually clear safety limits about mains electricity, sealed lithium packs, gas appliances, and live power supplies.
A volunteer-maintained wiki of plain-language teardown and repair guides for domestic electrics and consumer electronics.
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