Does your Macbook adapter plug wire break?

#1

Post by larrywallace » Fri, Mar 27, 2015, 5:22 PM UTC

I so hate it when my macbook adapter plug breaks. Does this happen to you when the wire at either end may fray or lossen and expose the internal wires. Then I need to shell out 40-50 bucks to get an official new macbook adapter, because I've been burned buying the cheaper knockoffs. Does this happen to you. I've bought 3 macbook plugs over the course of 2 years and it sucks.

Re: Does your Macbook adapter plug wire break?

#2

Post by ijuhoor33 » Fri, Mar 27, 2015, 5:29 PM UTC

Happened to me too once. Since i put a spring on the cable. I've seen people doing it for the iphone charger (http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--WoIhYjfz...) so i tried on my power adapter cable and it works like a charm!

Re: Does your Macbook adapter plug wire break?

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Post by larrywallace » Fri, Mar 27, 2015, 5:31 PM UTC

ijuhoor33 wrote: post #2

Happened to me too once. Since i put a spring on the cable. I've seen people doing it for the iphone charger ( http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/image/upload/s--WoIhYjfz... ) so i tried on my power adapter cable and it works like a charm!

The problem can also happen on the other end of the wire, on the adapter end.

Do you know what the tension for the spring? Would think it requires a good amount of tension to avoid too much angle movement. And what's a good place to get the spring?

Re: Does your Macbook adapter plug wire break?

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Post by lsiunsuex » Fri, Mar 27, 2015, 5:56 PM UTC

My wife went through 3 for her Macbook Pro with the l shaped plug - I attribute it to her not caring / being careful enough to ensure she doesn't crimp the cable when she puts it down on the table.

I've been a Macbook Pro user with the mag safe adaptor for a decade now? Never broke a single one.

Re: Does your Macbook adapter plug wire break?

#5

Post by _raul » Fri, Mar 27, 2015, 6:05 PM UTC

After fixing a couple of adapters I started protecting them with Sugru: https://sugru.com Works like a charm.

Re: Does your Macbook adapter plug wire break?

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Post by larrywallace » Fri, Mar 27, 2015, 6:08 PM UTC

lsiunsuex wrote: post #4

My wife went through 3 for her Macbook Pro with the l shaped plug - I attribute it to her not caring / being careful enough to ensure she doesn't crimp the cable when she puts it down on the table. I've been a Macbook Pro user with the mag safe adaptor for a decade now? Never broke a single one.

Seems like one of those situations where it can happen often to some people and never for others. I wonder how really prevalent this problem is?

Re: Does your Macbook adapter plug wire break?

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Post by microman » Fri, Mar 27, 2015, 6:11 PM UTC

Yes, this seems to happen to all of my chargers. So far I've had to fix 4 (all on the magsafe end).

I used self amalgamating tape[0] on two of them and it's worked really well (albeit a slightly ugly fix). On the other two I used Sugru[1] which is prettier but not as flexible.

[0] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-amalgamating_tape

[1] https://sugru.com/

Re: Does your Macbook adapter plug wire break?

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Post by microman » Fri, Mar 27, 2015, 6:11 PM UTC

Yes, this seems to happen to all of my chargers. So far I've had to fix 4 (all on the magsafe end).

I used self amalgamating tape[0] on two of them and it's worked really well (albeit a slightly ugly fix). On the other two I used Sugru[1] which is prettier but not as flexible.

[0]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-amalgamating_tape [1]https://sugru.com/