When soldering wires together - do this at different level. My English, maybe, very bad, so i try to illustrate this thing, do like this: --------===------------------------------- --------------------------------===------- This give you additional isolation of wires and mechanically more flexible and stable.
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I also have wired with an offset in the past but I'm not sure anymore. If the 2 wires touch the fuse or circuit breaker goes and turns off power - safe. If there's an offset and the insulation slips then the circuit is still live and open to someone touching it - unsafe. Short circuits are part of safety design.
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@2:22 A careful note to those who may not be sure as the video cuts this part out, but you need to wrap each cable in electrical tape SEPARATELY before wrapping them together. The idea behind wrapping it in electrical tape is so that the wires do not touch (to mimic the shielding of each wire in the cable). Once done, you can wrap the wrapped wires together for a more uniform look.
@@stueykerr5670 You can, electrical tape however is less permanent then heat shrink, and does not give the cord back any strength, meaning that you'll need to be careful bending the cord there. Not that heat shrink makes the cord perfect again, it just does give it some strength back.
Dude you don't know how much of a life saver you are for me!!! I kept typing "How to fix broken laptop charger cable wire" then I saw this and I was like "OMG~~!" Thank you dude thank you so much! :D
This was a very helpful video. My dog chewed through the cord to my shop vac almost right up at the base and I didn't want to pay 60 bucks to replace one that I knew would work fine if repaired.
For future repairs consider doing a lineman or a butt splice, you'll get much more mechanical strength. Also make sure you, if you can, to match the quality of the heat shrink tubing to the quality of the wire. If the power cord insulation is rated to 100C you should have something equally strong
To respond to the comment he made in the video about if this looks ugly to anyone. My comment to those people that think that it does look ugly is GFY!!!!! This guy just saved you a ton of money so what you should say is thank you!!!! Great video!!!!!
This method is technically "still wrong", but it is at least the cheapest way to solder wires. I personally prefer ChrisFix's method of soldering (here: ruclips.net/video/Zu3TYBs65FM/видео.html ), but I get that not everyone has the best soldering equipment, if any at all.
I would suggest offsetting the solder joints: -------------====------ --====----------------- Twisting the wires to be soldered together Also using heat shrink or sap tape rather than regular electrical tape.
I noticed something that is pretty obvious but that someone might not notice and could cause real problems. When you electrical tapped off the internal wires, you didn't mention that you were being sure that the wires could not contact each other. It's kinda nit-picky of me, but then this is exactly the kind of video someone who doesn't know any better might stumble across. Maybe throw up an annotation? Love your videos, though.
If you splice RF coax then you are going to get an impedence bump. As a rough guess at least 3db. That is you will halve the signal. Might be better to get new cable.
I knew how to go about it, but this video gave some great techniques that helped a lot. Thank goodness one out of all these dozens in the sidebar was helpful!
You should note this SHOULD NEVER be used for the mains side of the charger, but instead ONLY the low voltage output from the charger / Switched mode power supply. I understand, probably most people that would try to attempt would already know what they are doing. But just for the record!
Solder isn't glue. The technique shown here is terrible. Cut the ends at different lengths (blue short on one side of the cut, long on the other, etc), so side-by-side the stripped wires can't touch each other once soldered. Twist the wires together before soldering. They should be strong connections BEFORE you even solder - the solder just holds the strong joint from loosening over time.
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oooooomyygooosh was my reaction. i was planning on buying a new cord on ebay. I decided to first google how to. and chose your video. I decided to give this a try with only a plicer and black tape. after taping two seperate wires back together nd taping it all as one (two seperate inside) I decide to give it a try. mind you I am not anywhere near certified to do this. Super nervous as to causing a fore or something, I plug it in. Ooooomyyygoooosh was my reaction. My mini dell laptop thats been sitting for a few years, has come to life!!!!!!!
Susan Espinosa it is dangerous don't do this. this guy is not an electrician. you need a mechanical connection. 100v can melt solder and cause a fire. this is a stupid repair. do more research from professional websites.
Hi iBookGuy! You rock. Thanks so much for sharing this vid, I wish I had come across it ALOT earlier lol I have four rabbits and well needless to say it doesn't matter how much protection I have applied to the wires of appliances at some stage they get chewed through. I have had to replace numerous cords! So thanks again for this invaluable information, you have helped me out a lot. Keep up the sharing! :)
A staggered overlap two layer heat-shrink slieve approach is much safer. It keeps the two live wires properly separated. Normally I'm REALLY happy with your ideas. But this repair just wasn't durable and therefore safe. Perhaps one day you may update this video with a better & safer one. I really don't want to be negative; because I love what you do.
Nope, you do not solder main wires... Never ever. In particular not wires that might flex. Solder is no good for these application. That joint will eventually break, the touching wires will arc and worst case set your hose on fire. There are crimping connectors for this application. However, for an open wire I would not recommend that either. If you really must reuse that cable, I would put a little abs box in between with proper crimping and with proper strain release. Or, at the very least, crimp them together, improvise a strain release with some zip ties and heat shrink the hole package.
Practice 0:40 over and over and over, ya'll. That has such a feel to it that you just have to aquire from trying and practice. You'll know when you nick the inside wires past the outer sheath with enough practice at it. I strongly recommend practicing that on lamp wire or the like before committing to something that needs to be done with finesse and that uh...needs to be done with 1st shot success lol. Also with white shrink, it tends to be sort of a crap shoot with how pretty it shrinks after open heat (especially from a lighter) hits it and potentially gets soot on it which usually stays there. Sometimes I've had it look ok, other times it looks all spotty and burnt. Just a cosmetic thing. Also resist the temptation to squeeze on the shrink with open fingers after heating. Not only can you burn your little fingers, but also it leaves your prints in the shrink and looks kinda shitty. Again, just a cosmetic/safety thing.
Really this video is great for per lovers. Actually, this kind of thing eventually happens in the pet lovers house i.e who have pets like cat, dog etc. Thanks man you have shared the best tips of repairing a power cord
Fantastic video my dear chap! Our rabbits just chewed through the washing machine cable, little terrors, so this is perfect! I will try this over the weekend :)
my friend ACCIDENTALLY DID THIS HIMSELF (NO ANIMALS) to his GAMING laptop power cord USING AN XACTO KNIFE NEAR IT. since it's for gaming he needs to plug it in to play games without draining or overheating. this video helped him a lot
Fail ! - You never solder two ends side by side, grade 8 electronics there. Make your cuts 1/2"- 3/4" further in length apart to let yourself splice one wire at one end of the job and the other spliced at the other end. ( here each soldered end will be automatically isolated by the other wires intact insulation.) If you follow this method, then there is zero chance that stepping on a cable might cause 2 soldered ends to rub together and short, or electrical tape to slough off under improperly shrunk shrink wrap, or a heat related issue cause cheap electrical tape to fail. A word to the wise... 35 years experience in the field.
I would never solder a repair into a mains lead. I would use proper electrical connectors which are screwed in. You end up with a block in your cable but it is safer. But really though I would just buy a new wire..... Assuming I had enough after buying a new dog. Nice vid as always though.
I repaired the cord to my large Vornado “air circulator” fan in 2016. But instead of soldering the two ends together, I used male and female connector clips. And instead of heat shrink, I used electrical tape. Perhaps your idea is better as my connection came loose and I had to re-crimp them again. So far, they have not come loose again.Hiring somebody to replace the cord would cost over $30.
Definitely not advised in the UK, 220-240V covered in just electrical tape is asking for trouble. When I join wires, I usually offset them so that the joins are not beside each other. In your example, let's say the amount of outer sheathing removing was 1.5 inches either side. I would cut the blue wire shorter on one side and the brown wire shorter on the other side. It ends up with a 0.5 inch blue wire and 1 inch brown wire on one lead and a 0.5 inch brown wire and a 1 inch blue wire on the other lead. Only remove about 1/4 inch of insulation and cut a piece of heat shrink sleeving about 0.5 inches long. Add the outer heatshrink to cover the outer cord sleeve. Tin the 1/4 inch ends as you did, then slip the heat shrink on to the longer wire on each side. Touch the brown to brown and add a drop of solder to make a good joint. Slip up the heathshrink and heat it. Repeat for the blue wires. What you end up with is two pieces of heathshrink that protect the joins, bulk out the cord a little and if the heatshrink fails, the wires are not likely to touch each other and cause a short. Finally heat the heatshrink over the outer cord sleeve and you're done.
Awesome tutorial, with all the extra work though it may be better to just get new cables since they can run at most of about $5-$10 a pop lol. It's still a very good tut for more expensive wire replacements or for a quick fix.
As a rule of thumb, always twine the wires to be joined together it's much better than just simply attaching the wires with solder and makes for a much more secure connection that cannot be pulled apart as easy.
Dude for AC lines, you really gotta work on that soldering job on the hot lead. Maybe it's a DC line but still, people are definitely gonna use this to repair their power cables and they're gonna fall apart in their hands with that type of joint. For anyone that cares, with stranded wire you can fan out the copper strands and then kinda interlock each broken end of the cable together for a good solid connection. Then twist the slack you'll probably have around each other so the joined ends are nice and thin and tight. Then on top of that be sure to solder them very well. And, good tip, you should use some flux if you can to really draw the solder into the cable. Be as safe as possible when it comes to your family and 120V.
Thanks! Still works for 2015 MacBook Pro, just successfully soldered them and wrapped them in electrical tape. The heatshrink tubes I had on hand weren't wide enough.
If the wire is long enough for you to see inside such as a TV, its best and look soo much better if you take the TVs back panel off and connect it and hide the wires behind inside the panel. Looks so much better and cant even tell that its been repaired 👍🏽
Only do this on the Secondary side of your power supply (the low voltage side). In countries with harder laws for electricity like here in germany it isnt allowed to solder 110v/230v cables. on some devices they are pre soldered. this is allowed but you shouldnt do it by yourself!
Nice video, fine to this on the output side of the charger (low voltage plug into your into your laptop but I wouldn't do it on the mains powered cord, you are better off to open the charger up and replace the whole cord properly, 240v is dangerous and you don't want a patched up cord, if the heat shrink slides off this could be quite dangerous! If you can't open the charger you are better off to just replace the whole thing really if the mains cord has been damaged. Thanks for the video!
Jordan Gass Won't hurt you?! Even 120v will hurt. Most of the world uses 220-240v, and that is easily lethal. Thankfully here in the UK we have RCCBs which make things much safer, but any mains electricity should be treated with great respect.
this part 0:42 "do not cut too deep or you will damage wire inside" i have this problem from time to time, probably because i do not do that often. Do you have any tips? Did you watch some videos or got suggestion from someone how to do that without risk? In your case if you damage wires inside you can just cut i do it again but if you want to that on a middle of cable it can be problem. Than if you damage a wire you can make a big problem. Please answer me or someone other who see. What is the best solution for this?
Solder is not meant to hold wires together. You should wrap the wires together to get a good mechanical connection before applying solder. Make the connections offset, so that when the electrical tape fails, you don't get a short. Use heat shrink instead of electrical tape, just cut the small wires a little longer so the smaller heat shrink doesn't shrink prematurely.
awesome, thanks! my wire didn't get cut/frayed, but I want to reinforce the end of the wire that moves around the most on my desk, so I wanted to ask - what size heat-shrink tubing did you use?
My mom once fixed a power cord. she knew enough to strip the wires and then she tied them all together. Then she wrapped it in tape. Luckily the circuit breaker popped. Should have seen me laughing when I unwrapped the tape and saw the wires.
Oh man thank you for posting this video. I currently have a pet rabbit and it ate through my TV's power cord, I was so scared because it pretty much chewed half-way through a one inch section, I thought it would be gone forever. However I don't feel comfortable with my level of skill to attempt such a procedure. Do you know if TV repair shops do that kind of thing?
What if the chewed cord is in the ground under sod (orange sprinkler power) and your husky puppy is the devil and there's no slack to cut out damaged section and be able to reach? Must I somehow dig and replace said cord, or is there a way to add an extension piece using the same technique, only do it twice?
Actually at the time I just sort of braided the wires and used electrical tape. Not as sketchy as it sounds... It was too late to hit a store then. It's all fixed now, the coaxial bit helped. Thanks!
IEC 60320 power cords are so cheap and easy to get that I really wouldn't bother repairing one. There are more fun things to solder than this. Especially when the result will be worse and potentially quite dangerous compared to the new one. If it's some proprietary cable whose replacement is hard to get or exorbitantly priced, then sure, I'd repair it.
This was very helpful, my dog chewed my tv cord and I fixed it in 30 minutes and it still worked. He tried again after I did this and lets just say he never did that again :)
Cut the parallel wires at different length to reduce the amount of bulge and the chances of shorting. Something like this: [Legend:] [=] insulated wire [ - ]Uninsulated wire [_] Gap. [/Legend] ===========--___--== ==--___--=========== The smaller insulator cut in two pieces and slide one piece to the back on each side. Then when you are done soldering move one over the center and "its" side, shrink that, then do the same from the other side so that they overlap each other. A windproof "jet" lighter or kitchen torch works great, since the flame is directional.
So... do you think not using solder and just twisting the wires together and wrapping them with electrical tape is Unsafe? I've done that method before with macbook pro cords and it's worked well (as in the cord worked normally for like... it's been like 2 yrs now). However, I would not leave that machine with the cord plugged in while I was out of the house due to anxiety/my lack of knowledge. I feel the same bit of anxiety with doing the same method with an AC and using it while not at home, esp if I don't solder. What... other projects can you use a soldering "gun" and solder for? lol
i have a question, i have a pair on in ear headphones and had a lil piece of yarn at the wire. i pulled the yarn and it cut straight trough the isolation. now i can see the copperwires (the inner wires at least) of the headphones and want to know how i can cover the cut, or just melt the rubber if that's possible. Thanks :)
When soldering wires together - do this at different level. My English, maybe, very bad, so i try to illustrate this thing, do like this:
--------===-------------------------------
--------------------------------===-------
This give you additional isolation of
wires and mechanically more flexible and stable.
TOTALLY!
Андрей Борисов your English is amazing
Robin Mead
Thank you, very helpful
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What if your dog chews the cord on your soldering iron?
+Isaac Love hahahahahahahahahahahaha
+Sharded Gem you could probably fix the bunny by sodering the power cables back to the heart I think.
😚
Buy a new cable?
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You should offset the cuts on blue and brown so the bare wires can't come in contact even if the insulation slips.
Was thinking that myself. The 2 bare wires are touching under the electrical tape. Good luck when you put the power through it.
Yes, and that makes the lumpy appearance far less obvious as well.
Alas, he has done it on a later video.
I also have wired with an offset in the past but I'm not sure anymore. If the 2 wires touch the fuse or circuit breaker goes and turns off power - safe. If there's an offset and the insulation slips then the circuit is still live and open to someone touching it - unsafe. Short circuits are part of safety design.
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@2:22 A careful note to those who may not be sure as the video cuts this part out, but you need to wrap each cable in electrical tape SEPARATELY before wrapping them together. The idea behind wrapping it in electrical tape is so that the wires do not touch (to mimic the shielding of each wire in the cable). Once done, you can wrap the wrapped wires together for a more uniform look.
Instead of the heat shrink can I just use more electrical tape?
@@stueykerr5670 You can, electrical tape however is less permanent then heat shrink, and does not give the cord back any strength, meaning that you'll need to be careful bending the cord there. Not that heat shrink makes the cord perfect again, it just does give it some strength back.
Legend cheers heaps mate
2:41 use this to keep yourself awake if you get sleepy during the video.
Dude you don't know how much of a life saver you are for me!!!
I kept typing "How to fix broken laptop charger cable wire"
then I saw this and I was like "OMG~~!" Thank you dude thank you so much! :D
This was a very helpful video. My dog chewed through the cord to my shop vac almost right up at the base and I didn't want to pay 60 bucks to replace one that I knew would work fine if repaired.
For future repairs consider doing a lineman or a butt splice, you'll get much more mechanical strength. Also make sure you, if you can, to match the quality of the heat shrink tubing to the quality of the wire. If the power cord insulation is rated to 100C you should have something equally strong
How do I repair the dog?
:D
Have you seen the movie or read the book "Old Yeller"?
Roussell Rochester lol
How do I repair dog? I like that cuz Im really pissed at dog.ate brand new shop vac.I like video too.
Amanda Baker same thing happened to me except it was an old shop vac
To respond to the comment he made in the video about if this looks ugly to anyone. My comment to those people that think that it does look ugly is GFY!!!!! This guy just saved you a ton of money so what you should say is thank you!!!! Great video!!!!!
This video taught me that I've been soldering wrong for years.
Me too lol
@Rob Lynn ya haha i notice it too
This method is technically "still wrong", but it is at least the cheapest way to solder wires.
I personally prefer ChrisFix's method of soldering (here: ruclips.net/video/Zu3TYBs65FM/видео.html ), but I get that not everyone has the best soldering equipment, if any at all.
@Rob Lynn this video is wildly wrong. That joint he uses (wires 'touched' together) is an inferior method of doing this job.
@Rob Lynn just backing you up. Don't be a dick lol
I would suggest offsetting the solder joints:
-------------====------
--====-----------------
Twisting the wires to be soldered together
Also using heat shrink or sap tape rather than regular electrical tape.
It's a shame to see your channel with ONLY 22,000 subscribers. You deserver 22,000,000.
You really are helping me save money and not totally replace item with chewed cord... Thank you Linda
whats wrong with putting a simple plug where your doing all of this soldering? two screws, possibly three and tighten? Seems a lot safer really.
I noticed something that is pretty obvious but that someone might not notice and could cause real problems. When you electrical tapped off the internal wires, you didn't mention that you were being sure that the wires could not contact each other. It's kinda nit-picky of me, but then this is exactly the kind of video someone who doesn't know any better might stumble across. Maybe throw up an annotation?
Love your videos, though.
Relax, its only 110 15amps
True it is low voltage but the video did skip this bit too much.
+mbaker335 Low voltage?! I don't know what you are thinking, but I would consider 110 volts as high voltage.
Try getting shocked on a spark plug wire. That's a few million volts. But no amps.
Actually that is a very good point. I like to use shrink tube for such projects.
If you splice RF coax then you are going to get an impedence bump. As a rough guess at least 3db. That is you will halve the signal. Might be better to get new cable.
I knew how to go about it, but this video gave some great techniques that helped a lot. Thank goodness one out of all these dozens in the sidebar was helpful!
You should note this SHOULD NEVER be used for the mains side of the charger, but instead ONLY the low voltage output from the charger / Switched mode power supply. I understand, probably most people that would try to attempt would already know what they are doing. But just for the record!
Yea lol i woudlnt do this for a cable plugging into my wall
but i might for like USB lol
Solder isn't glue. The technique shown here is terrible. Cut the ends at different lengths (blue short on one side of the cut, long on the other, etc), so side-by-side the stripped wires can't touch each other once soldered. Twist the wires together before soldering. They should be strong connections BEFORE you even solder - the solder just holds the strong joint from loosening over time.
Depends on what application, airplanes systems and avionics they tell you do not twist the wires together
It isnt terrible and u shouldnt twist with vain cables
You can also push the multi-stranded cable together so the copper wires interlock before soldering - this is far better.
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That's pretty tough to do in this situation. I wouldn't say impossible, but if you've tried it, you'll know its very hard to do.
oooooomyygooosh was my reaction. i was planning on buying a new cord on ebay. I decided to first google how to. and chose your video. I decided to give this a try with only a plicer and black tape. after taping two seperate wires back together nd taping it all as one (two seperate inside) I decide to give it a try. mind you I am not anywhere near certified to do this. Super nervous as to causing a fore or something, I plug it in. Ooooomyyygoooosh was my reaction. My mini dell laptop thats been sitting for a few years, has come to life!!!!!!!
Susan Espinosa it is dangerous don't do this. this guy is not an electrician. you need a mechanical connection. 100v can melt solder and cause a fire. this is a stupid repair. do more research from professional websites.
Thanks, I understand what you mean. Luckily it got the job done how I did it. In the mean time until I buy a new charger, Ill keep it unplugged.
Hi iBookGuy! You rock. Thanks so much for sharing this vid, I wish I had come across it ALOT earlier lol I have four rabbits and well needless to say it doesn't matter how much protection I have applied to the wires of appliances at some stage they get chewed through. I have had to replace numerous cords! So thanks again for this invaluable information, you have helped me out a lot. Keep up the sharing! :)
A staggered overlap two layer heat-shrink slieve approach is much safer. It keeps the two live wires properly separated. Normally I'm REALLY happy with your ideas. But this repair just wasn't durable and therefore safe. Perhaps one day you may update this video with a better & safer one. I really don't want to be negative; because I love what you do.
Nope, you do not solder main wires... Never ever. In particular not wires that might flex. Solder is no good for these application. That joint will eventually break, the touching wires will arc and worst case set your hose on fire. There are crimping connectors for this application. However, for an open wire I would not recommend that either. If you really must reuse that cable, I would put a little abs box in between with proper crimping and with proper strain release. Or, at the very least, crimp them together, improvise a strain release with some zip ties and heat shrink the hole package.
Surely you'd cut the two wires at different lengths to prevent a short in the event that it got pulled apart.
He wrapped the two cables individually with the tape I think
Kev Ellis ac power won’t short out it just makes the fuse go pop
I like that you explain at least that the goal is to merge the two wires together. That helps. But yes, also the instructions I grok.
Your presentation has improved over the years.
Practice 0:40 over and over and over, ya'll. That has such a feel to it that you just have to aquire from trying and practice. You'll know when you nick the inside wires past the outer sheath with enough practice at it. I strongly recommend practicing that on lamp wire or the like before committing to something that needs to be done with finesse and that uh...needs to be done with 1st shot success lol. Also with white shrink, it tends to be sort of a crap shoot with how pretty it shrinks after open heat (especially from a lighter) hits it and potentially gets soot on it which usually stays there. Sometimes I've had it look ok, other times it looks all spotty and burnt. Just a cosmetic thing. Also resist the temptation to squeeze on the shrink with open fingers after heating. Not only can you burn your little fingers, but also it leaves your prints in the shrink and looks kinda shitty. Again, just a cosmetic/safety thing.
Or just use wire strippers
Really this video is great for per lovers. Actually, this kind of thing eventually happens in the pet lovers house i.e who have pets like cat, dog etc. Thanks man you have shared the best tips of repairing a power cord
It is safer to replace the entire cable. We are not allowed to use such "soldered together" cables for mains.
Definitely saving this video, cat chewed through one of my speaker wires and it was gifted to me. I am not buying another one
Fantastic video my dear chap! Our rabbits just chewed through the washing machine cable, little terrors, so this is perfect! I will try this over the weekend :)
Spekti Jim I wouldn't try that on a washing machine lol the voltage carried is much more than this low power consumption wire/device
That just happened to my keyboard.
And remember, ALWAYS cut TOWARD yourself, and make sure that the power cord is plugged in.
inb4 someone actually does that.
Don't actually do that.
Then touch the wires to your tongue to make sure it's a good connection.
Jay B. And before plugging it back in, clean the outlet with a fork. Guaranteed.
+ThatGuyYouKnow fork and soapy water while barefoot works best
another great video, love how you start popping out videos again!
my friend ACCIDENTALLY DID THIS HIMSELF (NO ANIMALS) to his GAMING laptop power cord USING AN XACTO KNIFE NEAR IT. since it's for gaming he needs to plug it in to play games without draining or overheating. this video helped him a lot
Two J hooks on the end of the cables before soldering will be stronger
David 8 year ago: yeah, lets fix this cable.
David now: OK, lets build a MF computer from scratch.
Fail ! - You never solder two ends side by side, grade 8 electronics there. Make your cuts 1/2"- 3/4" further in length apart to let yourself splice one wire at one end of the job and the other spliced at the other end. ( here each soldered end will be automatically isolated by the other wires intact insulation.) If you follow this method, then there is zero chance that stepping on a cable might cause 2 soldered ends to rub together and short, or electrical tape to slough off under improperly shrunk shrink wrap, or a heat related issue cause cheap electrical tape to fail.
A word to the wise... 35 years experience in the field.
Good to know.
Grade 5 Student
bulletsvan hey if he plugged that in at least it would trip the breaker or the prot device protecting the wire
Thanks for the vid. It also showed me a better way to solder. Appreciate.
Any ideas when you're not soldering iron savvy? I mean, i'd like to see myself as "handy around the house" but electricity is not my cuppa tea...
Wire nuts and electrical tape. I think there's clamp on connectors but that's kind of scary if it's going to the wall.
thanx for taking the time to give out helpful
knowledge
I would never solder a repair into a mains lead. I would use proper electrical connectors which are screwed in. You end up with a block in your cable but it is safer. But really though I would just buy a new wire..... Assuming I had enough after buying a new dog. Nice vid as always though.
Omg dude i love your videos im so glad u made this
How do you repair the dog that chewed the power cord, though?
Rest in peace, doggy.
New puppy just did this to my new laptop, rip doggo
I repaired the cord to my large Vornado “air circulator” fan in 2016. But instead of soldering the two ends together, I used male and female connector clips. And instead of heat shrink, I used electrical tape. Perhaps your idea is better as my connection came loose and I had to re-crimp them again. So far, they have not come loose again.Hiring somebody to replace the cord would cost over $30.
Definitely not advised in the UK, 220-240V covered in just electrical tape is asking for trouble.
When I join wires, I usually offset them so that the joins are not beside each other.
In your example, let's say the amount of outer sheathing removing was 1.5 inches either side. I would cut the blue wire shorter on one side and the brown wire shorter on the other side. It ends up with a 0.5 inch blue wire and 1 inch brown wire on one lead and a 0.5 inch brown wire and a 1 inch blue wire on the other lead. Only remove about 1/4 inch of insulation and cut a piece of heat shrink sleeving about 0.5 inches long.
Add the outer heatshrink to cover the outer cord sleeve.
Tin the 1/4 inch ends as you did, then slip the heat shrink on to the longer wire on each side. Touch the brown to brown and add a drop of solder to make a good joint. Slip up the heathshrink and heat it. Repeat for the blue wires. What you end up with is two pieces of heathshrink that protect the joins, bulk out the cord a little and if the heatshrink fails, the wires are not likely to touch each other and cause a short.
Finally heat the heatshrink over the outer cord sleeve and you're done.
Laptops run on 19 volts even in the UK.
I would've just used a connector box, hold the two wires together using a tight screw and then close the connector box
Awesome tutorial, with all the extra work though it may be better to just get new cables since they can run at most of about $5-$10 a pop lol. It's still a very good tut for more expensive wire replacements or for a quick fix.
Phew, thank you, my dog chewed my laptops battery wire when he was younger and now I know what to do
Something surprising about this comment is that it's written by mouse thanks to a rabbit.
As a rule of thumb, always twine the wires to be joined together it's much better than just simply attaching the wires with solder and makes for a much more secure connection that cannot be pulled apart as easy.
can ya twine the wires without the soldering ? Just twine and tape..
@@stueykerr5670 thats what I want to know too. Did you get an answer?
Dude for AC lines, you really gotta work on that soldering job on the hot lead. Maybe it's a DC line but still, people are definitely gonna use this to repair their power cables and they're gonna fall apart in their hands with that type of joint.
For anyone that cares, with stranded wire you can fan out the copper strands and then kinda interlock each broken end of the cable together for a good solid connection. Then twist the slack you'll probably have around each other so the joined ends are nice and thin and tight. Then on top of that be sure to solder them very well. And, good tip, you should use some flux if you can to really draw the solder into the cable.
Be as safe as possible when it comes to your family and 120V.
This video actually helped me splice a wire onto a tv and it worked
You haven't mastered the lineman splice? :c
im not sure about in the US but in Australia you should never Solder 240v cable
Excelent first time I managed to fix my vaccum cleaner much easier then I thought. Thanks. Instead of soldering I wrapped wires though
Are you dead yet?
Thanks! Still works for 2015 MacBook Pro, just successfully soldered them and wrapped them in electrical tape. The heatshrink tubes I had on hand weren't wide enough.
If the wire is long enough for you to see inside such as a TV, its best and look soo much better if you take the TVs back panel off and connect it and hide the wires behind inside the panel. Looks so much better and cant even tell that its been repaired 👍🏽
Only do this on the Secondary side of your power supply (the low voltage side). In countries with harder laws for electricity like here in germany it isnt allowed to solder 110v/230v cables. on some devices they are pre soldered. this is allowed but you shouldnt do it by yourself!
Nice video, fine to this on the output side of the charger (low voltage plug into your into your laptop but I wouldn't do it on the mains powered cord, you are better off to open the charger up and replace the whole cord properly, 240v is dangerous and you don't want a patched up cord, if the heat shrink slides off this could be quite dangerous! If you can't open the charger you are better off to just replace the whole thing really if the mains cord has been damaged. Thanks for the video!
I myself wouldn't do this. Lots of power is really dangerous.
Although, doing something like this to convert mouse/keyboard wires are really useful.
thats why you unplug it? and a standard power cord wont hurt you itll make you jump but thats about it
Jordan Gass
Won't hurt you?! Even 120v will hurt. Most of the world uses 220-240v, and that is easily lethal. Thankfully here in the UK we have RCCBs which make things much safer, but any mains electricity should be treated with great respect.
***** but this is after the adapter so its only like 12v not going to hurt
ProdigalPorcupine volts don't kill amps do
***** Why don't you unplug the wires first?
this part 0:42 "do not cut too deep or you will damage wire inside" i have this problem from time to time, probably because i do not do that often. Do you have any tips? Did you watch some videos or got suggestion from someone how to do that without risk?
In your case if you damage wires inside you can just cut i do it again but if you want to that on a middle of cable it can be problem. Than if you damage a wire you can make a big problem.
Please answer me or someone other who see. What is the best solution for this?
Thank You I fixed my cord with your help!!!1
Thank you for a very informative video
Thanks for this info; I'm going to attempt a repair on a guitar stomp box power cable. Wish me luck...
Solder is not meant to hold wires together. You should wrap the wires together to get a good mechanical connection before applying solder. Make the connections offset, so that when the electrical tape fails, you don't get a short. Use heat shrink instead of electrical tape, just cut the small wires a little longer so the smaller heat shrink doesn't shrink prematurely.
Thanks mate! Your a great help 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
I highly suggest using a proper wire stripper. It's a lot easier and less dangerous to your fingers.
This is awesome 👏 thanks ! My new charges was like $200 ; this cost me $40
This video should be titled "HOW NOT TO REPAIR A MAINS CABLE"
The 8-Bit Guy, from at 01:18 I couldn't tell what he called that machine - what was it?
So new on this. After soldering the wires when I am wrapping them with eletricial tape I need to separate the 2 wires correct? So they don't touch.
it was very helpful thank you!!
I fixed my mother in laws fridge cooling unit wire with a toenail clipper and hello kitty scotch tape lol
awesome, thanks! my wire didn't get cut/frayed, but I want to reinforce the end of the wire that moves around the most on my desk, so I wanted to ask - what size heat-shrink tubing did you use?
How much would those soldering tools run you?
My mom once fixed a power cord. she knew enough to strip the wires and then she tied them all together. Then she wrapped it in tape. Luckily the circuit breaker popped. Should have seen me laughing when I unwrapped the tape and saw the wires.
+Henry Pitts thats funny\
She tried to do it herself, give her a break...!
Hilarious..could have been electrocuted
Luanne Nelson you don’t poke fun at your relatives? My mom would be laughing at herself or most others I know would be.
0:35 wire strippers work too....
(years later)
this cord is so damn small from my rabbit chewing on it, it's literally just the end that plugs in my laptop and the outlet plug now
Control your rabbit.
conduit122 keep it in a cage
That's when you chew the rabbit
elephystry 😂😂😂👌👌👌👌
Worked perfectly, thanks for the video
Oh man thank you for posting this video. I currently have a pet rabbit and it ate through my TV's power cord, I was so scared because it pretty much chewed half-way through a one inch section, I thought it would be gone forever. However I don't feel comfortable with my level of skill to attempt such a procedure. Do you know if TV repair shops do that kind of thing?
This shouldn't ever be done on a high voltage cable like that! Things like video game controllers and AV cables, maybe. BUT NOT ON POWER CABLES!
You can, but don't expect it to work very reliably.
This method is not legal in my country.
+swan83 why would it be illegal?
If I could ask - which country would that be??
+swan83 That's stupid.
Finland for an example, and most of the developed world.....
Because this is dangerous.
What if the chewed cord is in the ground under sod (orange sprinkler power) and your husky puppy is the devil and there's no slack to cut out damaged section and be able to reach? Must I somehow dig and replace said cord, or is there a way to add an extension piece using the same technique, only do it twice?
Any alternatives on a sodering iron? Very helpful! no need to appologize the aethetics.
not really, just buy one, they are cheap, and relatively easy to use
Actually at the time I just sort of braided the wires and used electrical tape. Not as sketchy as it sounds... It was too late to hit a store then. It's all fixed now, the coaxial bit helped. Thanks!
Soldering twisted strands then solder those strands side by side? Those wires are likely to break.
Intertwine the stranded wires and use flux. This gives a much tougher connection.
🤣 Just what I was looking for, darn 🐕’s
IEC 60320 power cords are so cheap and easy to get that I really wouldn't bother repairing one. There are more fun things to solder than this. Especially when the result will be worse and potentially quite dangerous compared to the new one.
If it's some proprietary cable whose replacement is hard to get or exorbitantly priced, then sure, I'd repair it.
Is there any advantage other than aesthetics to using heatshrink instead of electrical tape?
This was very helpful, my dog chewed my tv cord and I fixed it in 30 minutes and it still worked. He tried again after I did this and lets just say he never did that again :)
Cut the parallel wires at different length to reduce the amount of bulge and the chances of shorting. Something like this:
[Legend:]
[=] insulated wire
[ - ]Uninsulated wire
[_] Gap.
[/Legend]
===========--___--==
==--___--===========
The smaller insulator cut in two pieces and slide one piece to the back on each side. Then when you are done soldering move one over the center and "its" side, shrink that, then do the same from the other side so that they overlap each other.
A windproof "jet" lighter or kitchen torch works great, since the flame is directional.
So... do you think not using solder and just twisting the wires together and wrapping them with electrical tape is Unsafe? I've done that method before with macbook pro cords and it's worked well (as in the cord worked normally for like... it's been like 2 yrs now). However, I would not leave that machine with the cord plugged in while I was out of the house due to anxiety/my lack of knowledge. I feel the same bit of anxiety with doing the same method with an AC and using it while not at home, esp if I don't solder.
What... other projects can you use a soldering "gun" and solder for? lol
Thank you! My dog chewed on it xD
we have wire joint that can connect cables without stripping them,safe and convenient.
You can also use a heavy duty wire stripper
i have a question, i have a pair on in ear headphones and had a lil piece of yarn at the wire. i pulled the yarn and it cut straight trough the isolation. now i can see the copperwires (the inner wires at least) of the headphones and want to know how i can cover the cut, or just melt the rubber if that's possible. Thanks :)
Daniel Schlegel use heatsink
it doesnt go over the earbud haha, and a bigger heatshrink woldn't schrink enough
What knife did you use? Spyderco?