[ltp] power supply DC cords breaks?

[Joel Ebel]

It's plug type N at radio shack.  Of course there are plenty of other 
sources.  Very cheap to fix if you have a soldering iron.  Mine broke on 
my AC/DC combo adapter.  Those are a little more expensive to replace, 
so I opted to repair.

Joel

Mendel Cooper wrote:
> 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.