RE: Din plug for laptop power supply

["Keith Doxey" <ukha@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Graham,

Can you cut away the plastic molding to get at the rear of the pins ?

If so, you could cut the cable and re-solder it to the plug body then seal
it all in heatshrink sleeving. Thats what I did for my Tosh.

Keith

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Graham Howe [mailto:graham@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 11 August 2004 07:48
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Din plug for laptop power supply
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> The power lead on my laptop power supply is damaged, wiggling it
> about will create a connection, but the slightest movement breaks
> it again. It looks like the wire is damaged internally very close
> to the pluf that goes into the laptop, but that plug is a moulded
> unit and I don't think I would be able to take it off without
> destroying it. The plug is a 4-pin din plug, a bit like an
> s-video cable but with fatter pins. Does anyone know what sort of
> plug this may be and where I can buy one? With luck by cutting
> the cable before the damaged part and then attaching a new din
> plug I will not have to spend the £100 plus VAT being demanded by
> the laptop supplier to replace the psu!
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