• Free repairs on International Repair Day

    To celebrate International Repair Day Ecotech Services is offering free evaluation and repair on a wide range of faulty electrical, electronic and computer equipment.

    The event will be held in the carpark at 139 Wordsworth St, Sydenham between 9:00am and 5:00pm on Saturday the 20th of October. Experienced, registered technicians will be present to evaluate and if possible carry out the repair of any item that uses electricity. Parts and tools may be made available for individuals to repair their own items. If wet the event will be postponed to the following Saturday.

    A press release on the event can be seen here.

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  • New address

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    Due to the growth of Ecotech Services and because of the acquisition of Dells Appliances we have moved to new premises at 139B Wordsworth St in Sydenham, Christchurch.
    Our telephone number has also changed.  It is now 03 3770773.

    We apologise for any delays in our services that may be due to the efforts needed to move our operation.

     


  • Acquisition of Dells Appliance Service Centre

    Megan Hieatt and Alan Liefting, owners of Ecotech Services, have as of today acquired Dells Appliance Service Centre.  Alan is the Managing Director of both companies.

    Dells Appliances logo

    Dells Appliances is a long established whiteware servicing company and is a warranty service agency for a number of major manufacturers.

    Microwave oven and induction cooktop repairs will no longer be done by Ecotech Services but can be done by Dells Appliances.  Ecotech Services will still supply microwave oven spare parts and recycling.

    We would like to apologise to the customers of Ecotech Services that may have experienced delays in recent weeks while we worked through the purchase of Dells Appliances.

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  • TiVo recycling

    The TiVo service is shutting down as of 31 October 2017.  It is unfortunate that that TiVo has only been in New Zealand for such a short time making the set top boxes redundant.

    If you have a CASPA wallet go to mytivo.co.nz to organise what to do with the remaining balance.

    Ecotech Services is able to recycle the redundant set top boxes, remotes, and related items.

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  • Battery recycling in Lincoln

    In what may be a first for a supermarket in New Zealand, the Lincoln New World now offers a battery recycling service.  The scheme is an initiative of Lincoln Envirotown and has funding from the Sustainable Initiatives Fund (SIFT).  Dave Fitzjohn, the project manager at Lincoln Envirotown, has been the driving force behind this worthwhile scheme.

    Ecotech Services is proud to be associated with this battery recycling initiative. 

    Battery collection centre at Lincoln New World.
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  • Sustainable Business Network membership

    Ecotech Services has now joined the Sustainable Business Network.  As a company that is  addressing the environmental effects of e-technology we want be a part of a network of like minded businesses.  SBN gives us this opportunity along with a number of other benefits.

    As part of the membership package of SBN we were offered an online sustainability assessment at getsustonline.  It establishes a baseline measurement of sustainability for our company. Our ranking was given as 17 out of 30, classed as good. 


  • Community Recycling Network membership

    Ecotech Services is pleased to have been accepted as an associate member of the Community Recycling Network  (CRN).  Both Ecotech Services and CRN are working towards the goal of zero waste to landfill but while CRN has a broad mandate Ecotech Services has a narrower focus on zero e-waste to landfill.

    We hope to share our knowledge and expertise on e-waste with the membership of CRN to achieve our respective goals.

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  • Twitter account

    Ecotech Services now has an account on Twitter, the microblogging social media site.  The nature of our work means that it will not be used very often.


  • Electrical appliance safety testing

    Ecotech Services now offers electrical safety testing (test and tag) for plug in appliances both on site and delivered to our workshop.  This is a logical extension to the work that we have been doing to date.

    Alan Liefting, the founder and Managing Director of Ecotech Services, has extensive experience with the safety of electrical appliances: “About 99% of the safety issues can be discovered with a visual inspection.  The other 1% are picked up with PAT testing and knowledge of appliance reliability.”

    Anecdotal evidence and first hand experiences by Alan Liefting suggests that  there are a number of “cowboys” carrying out electrical safety testing.  Ecotech Services is committed to offering a high quality service and improving electrical safety rather than maximising profits.

    See our electrical safety testing services page and the electrical safety page in our knowledge base for more information.


  • New employee – Angus Phillips

    Angus PhilipsEcotech Services welcomes Angus Phillips as a new employee on a part time basis.  Angus is employed primarily as a computer technician but will help out with some of the many other tasks that need doing.

    Angus is self taught in the complexities of IT related matters and will be taking on the full range of work, from hard drive reformatting to setting up server systems.

    Angus brings a fresh approach and fresh ideas to Ecotech Services.  This, along with his enthusiasm, is likely to make him a great asset to the company.  Also, having compatible humour, similar interests, and a similar ideology to that of other staff members will help him fit in at the company.

     

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