(Newswire.net — April 26, 2020) —
As the Coronavirus pandemic infiltrates and spreads like wildfire, you may be forced to adopt measures that keep you from your ordinary activities. Some of these activities include the repair and maintenance of our home electronics. Hence the question, how do you handle electronic repairs like cellphones and laptops amidst all the curfews and self-quarantine recommendations due to the pandemic?
Try some quick fix measures for minor problems
Because you are required to avoid unnecessary interactions during this pandemic, why don’t you try to learn a thing or two by fixing your electronics or appliances on your own? This is especially helpful if the problem you are facing is minor. Problems like accidental water spill on your phone or charging malfunction shouldn’t be a cause for alarm. Research from YouTube, visit tutorials or seek assistance from numeroussites that give helpful tips for fixing common problems with electronics.
However, if the problem is too complicated to address alone, please follow the next steps when inviting a technician to come fix your problem.
Schedule a technician visit
The first step is for you and your technician to be open about your exposure. Both you and your technician should disclose whether you have been exposed to virus-prone areas or not. Also, be sure that they have been using cashless transactions all through when dealing with other customers. If unsure of any detail, ask them to reschedule the date of the repair.
Don’t forget to ask about other precautions. You could, for instance, ask about the 6-foot distance between people’s recommendation. If the company does not follow the guidelines, then opt for another company. Also, consider the same for other recommendations like face-masks and sanitization procedures.
Preparing Your Home or Office Premises for the Visit
The idea is to have your technician touch the minimum amount of surfaces possible. Therefore, chart a path for the technician to use from the moment he/she enters your premises to the time he/she leaves. Depending on your capacity, you can also lay floor protection; a disposable paper or plastic bags where the technician can lay the equipment. Make sure to clean the surfaces interacted with, using an alcohol-based sanitizer or soap and water immediately after your serviceman is completed.
While the technician is working
Give the technician enough room to work. The CDC recommendation distancing is six feet from the next person. Therefore, keep your distance from the worker. In case you have to hand something to the worker, protect your hands and use non-permeable, disposable to cover whatever you are handing to the worker. Thoroughly wash your hands after interacting with the technician to avoid any unprecedented spread of the virus.
Payment
Pay your technical contractor using a cashless transaction. Cash transactions are prone to transmission vulnerabilities due to the number of people that cash interacts with during circulation. Bank transfers, PayPal and other digital platforms are critical in the fight against the current pandemic.
Post-Visit
Rewash your hands after the technician leaves. Identify all the areas the technician has interacted with and thoroughly clean them. One can never be too sure, hence, identify a six-foot radius within the work area of the technician and clean everything around it.
In conclusion, to minimize the extent of this pandemic, you need to observe specific critical measures like having the least physical interaction possible with other people. However, an electrical appliance like laptops and mobile phones are essential to your everyday activities. Therefore, when they malfunction, you need to develop means of fixing them regardless of the pandemic. The above mentioned are a few tips to help you fix your electronics without exposing yourself to the disease.