[ltp] power supply DC cords breaks?

Mendel Cooper linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Thu, 12 May 2005 11:55:29 -0700 (MST)


On Thu, 12 May 2005, Dan Sawyer wrote:

> The DC cord on a couple of Thinkpad power supplies appears to have
> intermittent or broken. The plugs are available however I have no
> experience with the actual cords. Has anyone had this problem?

I had a similar problem with a TP 770 power supply. What happened was
that the ground braid right next to the plug (where it tends to bend
and curl) broke. It's possibly to fix this by *careful* soldering,
but don't melt through the insulator.

Used, and even new, power supplies are cheap on eBay, so it may not even
be worthwhile trying to fix one.