Macbook charger teardown: surprising complexity inside Apple's power adapter

Re:Macbook charger teardown: surprising complexity inside Ap... by nostromo on Wednesday November 25, 2015 @03:48PM (#10629590)

My earphones kept breaking (I use them while working out) so I reinforced the sensitive area with a heat-shrink wire wrap, like these:

http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008WWC6FU

It works wonders. I'm not sure this would work for Mac chargers because you couldn't get the sleeve over the ends, but it also works iPhone charger cables.

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Re:Macbook charger teardown: surprising complexity inside Ap... by mrosseel on Wednesday November 25, 2015 @04:16PM (#10629757)

I used Sugru (sugru.com) to fix my mac charger and other things, my earphone cable is next.

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Re:Macbook charger teardown: surprising complexity inside Ap... by cleaver on Wednesday November 25, 2015 @04:53PM (#10629992)

I've used both shrink tubing and Sugru on iPhone cables. On the MacBook charger, just Sugru. Both will fail eventually. I find that typical shrink wrap is too stiff and creates stress riser. After a couple of years, my cables are more patch than original.

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Re:Macbook charger teardown: surprising complexity inside Ap... by Scoundreller on Wednesday November 25, 2015 @10:55PM (#10631177)

I'm planning on doing this with shrink wrap. My plan will be to not completely shrink the cable-side of the shrink wrap to leave some play so I don't create a stiff point.

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Re:Macbook charger teardown: surprising complexity inside Ap... by whyenot on Wednesday November 25, 2015 @09:51PM (#10631014)

I have tried using Sugru to fix my Mac charger. It only worked as a temporary fix for me. I think the problem is that Sugru is not elastic enough and tends to crack when it bends.

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