[ltp] Experiences fixing slim tip power conector

[Rubin Abdi]

If you've already got other devices setup with USB-C PD 60W chargers (my
workshop is littered with them at this point), getting a USB-C PD to
ThinkPad slim power port cable adapter is cheaper than getting a whole new
slim charger and much easier to replace if the slim plug wares out again...

Amazon US link:
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=usb+c+slim+thinkpad+adapter

If you're curious about using USB PD for other interesting projects, you
can find these cool little power trigger boards...

Amazon US link:
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07T6LPP9W/

This video describes how this specific board with the button and LED
works...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIHj3qMRqqE

But you can also get boards with a fixed voltage that are a little more
compact and less user error prone...
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08NFL8RQC/

I'm on a road trip and forgot the charger to my shaver. Wanting to save
space and not generate more waste I ended up getting one of those 15V
boards and chopping off the end to a different shaver charger a friend of
mine was throwing away as it stopped working.

If you've got a spare Slim charger where the plug is still good but the
power supply itself has given up the ghost, you can just chop off the plug
and solder in one of these boards at a fixed 20V, a little shrink tubing
and you're good to go. If you want to get real fancy, there's plenty of
room where the port is in the laptop to desolder it and place one of these
boards inside your machine.

On Wed, 14 Jul 2021 at 05:51, Ismael Olea <ismael at olea.org> wrote:

>
> Forgot to link the precise connector:
> https://www.thinkwiki.org/wiki/Power_Connector#slim_tip
>
> On Wed, Jul 14, 2021 at 12:47 PM Ismael Olea <ismael at olea.org> wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi:
>>
>> I'm having problems with a couple power adapters because the cable got
>> broken at the laptop connector side. As you know that cable is
>> unpluggable/fixed, but both adapters are pretty good and I want to reuse
>> them, for money saving and (ecological) reuse.
>>
>> Does anyone here have experience fixing these cables?
>>
>> --
>>
>> Ismael Olea
>>
>> http://olea.org/diario/
>>
>
>
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> Ismael Olea
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