A lady walked into my shop and gave me a hair straightener for repair. From the look on it I could see that someone was already inside that device.

hair straightener repair

It was a dead hair straightener and the lady wants it repaired as soon as possible.

She told me that this device was already in someone else workshop and it worked for almost a month then it stopped working. She wanted me to take a look and get it fixed.

hair straightener repaired

I took the screw caps off and then slid the screw and metal plate off and I was able to separate the two parts away so I can see what was wrong.

hair straightener fix

More screws to come off to expose the power cable and the rest of the parts.

hair straightener fixed

The first thing that I saw was the safety switch. I checked for continuity on that switch and it was in perfect conditions so I moved on to the next step.

I wanted to make sure that the power is being fed to the device.

hair straightener fixed and repaired

There I saw two cables actually loose and just sitting there. There was supposed to be a metal plate sitting inside this device to allow the cable to rotate clock wise or counter clock wise so the cable will not twist. This metal plate was missing and it seems like that the other technician took it off because he could not find the right cable for it.

I informed the customer about the situation and told her that I will get a new cable and the metal piece that holds that cable but she did not want to spend too much money on it. So I had to do it her way against my recommendations.




As you can see in the photo, I twisted the two cable together added some solder to the joints and then added a heat shrink to make it safe. As I did that and put everything back together, and to be honest with you, it was not easy folding all these cables together then add the plastic on it.

how to fix hair straightener

Finally I managed and closed the device and as you can see, it was working fine. Heat was ok and it was safe. My only concern was the twisting of the cable as the device is being used. I told her to watch that cable and make sure it does not twist as she was working on that device.

Mission accomplished.

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This article was prepared for you by Waleed Rishmawi, one of our ‘Master Authors’ and currently working in the Bethlehem area of Palestine repairing electrical and electronic equipment.

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4 comments on “A Hair Straightener Ended In My Shop After Visiting Another Technician

  1. Albert van Bemmelen says:

    Given good advice is always important to prevent dangerous situations. But maybe the customer lady in this case should have gone back to the previous repair shop to ask back the metal plate for this device from that technician, that limits the cable to partly clock wise or counter clock wise rotation. After all she probably had paid a fee there too and they had done a bad job to her hair straightener afterall!

    1. Waleed Rishmawi says:

      Albert: may be she did that, I am not sure but I offered her a new cable with that piece for a fair price, she did not accept it at all. have a blessed day

  2. Parasuraman S says:

    Good job there! Yes, sometimes the customers tie our hands and we cannot help it. It is a part of the show!

    1. Waleed Rishmawi says:

      Parasuraman: thanks man. that is very true. have a blessed day my friend.

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