 Pesky mains adaptors..
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Conundrum
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Sat Sept 30 2006, 06:29PM
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Registered Member #96
Joined: Thu Feb 09 2006, 05:37PM
Location: CI, Earth
Posts: 4061
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Hi all.
This particular adaptor failed a while back (7 months) with a bending-induced short where the low voltage cable connected to the brick.
Fixed it by opening adaptor and resoldering the cable, it worked well until a couple of days ago when it failed. Again! 
This time I went to get my meter and left it plugged in. Went to check and the lead up to about halfway along was hot, the rest was cold. Guess what- another short.
So I have removed the source, and so far so good. Problem is I have even less lead to work with.
Do I splice the two severed ends together or change the whole ($$$) cable?
-A
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Sulaiman
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Sat Sept 30 2006, 06:40PM
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Registered Member #162
Joined: Mon Feb 13 2006, 10:25AM
Location: United Kingdom
Posts: 3140
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one cable failure could be acceptable,
to fail twice means it's just not up to the job - replace the cable.
Must be a 'cheating' manufacturer
so when you change the cable check the 'stiffness' of the connectors within the plug strip.
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