Thanks for that - it let me fix three of my old chargers. Didn't know heat shrinking sleeves can stretch that much! I found chopsticks to be a great tool for the job - initially put thin ends of chopsticks inside tube from the opposite sides of the tube and then push them inside all they way until tube ends on the tick ends of sticks. Then just stretch it a bit more by crossing and flexing sticks and you get perfect size for MagSafe2.
6 лет назад+10
Great to hear that! The chopsticks are the best! One of the previous game-changing comment may help with this demanding workflow: "There are shrinking tubes with 3:1 and 4:1 shrinking ratio, not only 2:1. Something like 12/3 would require four times less efforts to pull Magsafe2 through".
LONG NEEDLE NOSE PLIERS work the BEST! Insert the head of the pliers into the tube and then open the pliers. The handles of the pliers give you the leverage and control you need to stretch the tube without breaking/tearing. I can stretch a tube in about 30 secs with the needle nose pliers versus other methods.
You're a star mate! So many guides say to use heat shrink tubing but offer no solution on how to actually get the tubing over the magsafe charger connector - I'd never have guessed the tubing could stretch this much - now i can buy some super cheap tubing instead of much more expensive silicon putty - thanks for saving me a bunch of money!
I had no hairdryer so I used a sandwich maker instead HAHAHA But hey man, you saved me so much money, and looks so clean and cool, i have a black tube but it still is so much nicer than a bunch of tape around it =P Thanks!
Great video, I did this today and it worked. However when I had heat shrink expanded and and full of drills, I dunked it in boiling hot water, which helped it expand more and thus made it easier getting it over the plug.
This works great. You can get the heat shrink tubing at Home Depot in different sizes, very inexpensive. I used a pair of scissors to stretch the tubing. With the scissors closed, work the tubing onto the blades. Then slowly open the scissors to stretch the tubing. Keep working it, turning the tubing around from time to time, stretching it until it fits over the magsafe end.
7 лет назад
Well done! Hope Your MagSafe will work for next couple years in good condition.
Great video! Two questions: (1) Why not use a 3:1 ratio tube? (2) How about using a shrinking tube with an adhesive? It would create a much more secure seal that's waterproof.
3 года назад+1
3:1 and adhesive one are more effective but relatively expensive and hard to buy in some regions. If the availability is not a problem, 3:1 adhesive tubing is a better option
A 3:1 or if available even 4:1 ratio would be much better. Trying Amazon's heatshrink with adhesive, I found as it shrunk it got quite hard/unflexible. I can't tell if it is the adhesive that hardens or the fact there's not the slightest slip of cable within heatshrink anymore. So the heatshrink area is very stiff, while the bare cable after is very flexible. So there's a hard break between hard/soft instead of a desired transition gently absorbing the bending forces. With an iPhone charger cable I found after a few weeks there was the wire started to break again right after the heatshrink part. So beware of the adhesive variant!
At first I was intending to dissemble the block to socket in the reinforcement tube up to the plug. Until I find you video. ....It did work fine, thanks man.
Cezary Lopacinski the rapair went really nice but after a month same problem again and i tried what you did and its working again.... thanks again
8 лет назад
+Markthegamer cord in my MagSafe after repair (5 months) still works and looks good. Maybe quality of shrinking tube is crucial.
7 лет назад
I was wondering is it possible to improve the repair of MagSafe cord with heat shrink tube and i have an idea that might be help! I will make tests the new solution. If everything will be fine, i will record new tutorial.
Hi Sir, I saw your this RUclips video regarding repairing Apple MagSafe Power adapater. This is excellent learning! Recently, my MacBook Pro's adapter (85W) stopped working after a spark while plugging in. I have successfully opened it. However, I'm unable to see any 'fuse' kind of component inside. Can you please help me what should I check so that I can try to fix the issue? Thanks for your guidance, Sir.
8 лет назад
+Jaeo Naver this repair is difficult. Be patient, take your time. Watch +Francesco Ferretti video: ruclips.net/video/0QXziLtrVqY/видео.html Francesco explains how to replace the fuse. Remember that safety is a priority. You have everything to do precisely to avoid self-ignition device when you use it.
Fixed my cable today. Thanks for the video and thanks for those who made useful comments. Here are some points I think should be highlighted: 1. the heat shrink tube can be greatly stretched, in my case, 6mm diameter -> ~15mm 2. long nose plier is really useful to stretch the tube. 3. The quickest way I found is: insert two thin metal bars (e.g. hex key) into the tube, cross them and make a "X" as far as you can, and then continue with the lone nose plier with some effort but steady. There is a threshold and once you reach it, you will feel the tube somehow losing its flexibility and cannot shrink back (but it will when heated later) It should take only 1~2 minutes if you are doing it properly. 4. if you don’t have heat gun, your wife’s scented candle will work as well - just hold the tube several centimeters above the flame for a while, and make sure vent after the work so she will not notice it, or you probably have to pay more than a heat gun…
@@achis.mp4 Yes, a lighter works also. Just be very careful, esp. with white heatshrink tube. It easily gets burned, soot builds up or the material starts bubbling if the flame gets too close. In my experience, a heat gun worked way better than any flame.
Thank you for the idea... I've done this today to fix my magsafe. I use 5mm heatshrink tube. I found that stretching it using long nose pliers can be much faster. Lesson learnt: Just be careful while cutting your tube using sharp scissors, you must avoid tearing the sides because the tear will grow bigger and damage the tube while stretching.
5 лет назад+1
Longnose pliers are the most effective tool for that job! 100%! Shrinking tube in diameter of 5mm is fine. There are two different types of tubes, low and high quality. The high-quality heat shrinking tubes are easier to stretch (even with chopsticks). The low-quality ones are made with the kinda shiny material/plastic. The better quality tubes are matt (they look and feel similar to the new Apple cords). The high-quality tubes are more expensive, and hard to find, but worth it! There are also tubing with adhesive (more expensive than regular). I need to test those tubes with a layer of adhesive!
I noticed that it is moving if pulled. So, I wrap springs from used ballpens on both connector cable and box cable to strengthen them. I think sewing threads will also works. I've made a second layer of heatshrink tube on it. When the tube shrunken, it will grip the spring tight and will not move. I don't think i need any adhesive since it won't move anymore when pulled.
Is it necessary to cut/trim the top part of the cable before sliding the heat shrink tube in? Can i skip the step?
8 лет назад
Before sliding is not necessary, but before heating up the tube you must remove the remnants of the damaged cable. It's important for a good looking end result. Once you fix it, let me know how you handle with this repair. Good luck my friend!
I didnt think of this until after doing my repair but if your worried it wont shrink down all the way tight cuz you stretched it so big then you could put something under the tube to make it tight again. Idk what the best option would be though to maintain uniformity. Electrical tape under it might make the repair look more scuffed
Maybe use electrical tape but lengthwise down the wire and dont wrap it 100% around, just 90% then the shrink wrap can bridge the small gap and it should look more or less perfectly circular
i believe this will help to protect our apple cables since they wont do anything to fix this issue, well can you advise the exact type of shrinking tube you used, i am going to order some online. thanx
6 лет назад+1
This issue is unbelievable! 100% agree! Based on my experience, it is really important to use fresh/new tubing. The older ones are harder to stretch. I know its hard to recognize new tubing. That's why I ordered the same tubing from different sellers. This stuff is cheap, so it's not a big problem.
Did this a few times. Eventually I bought a new magnet replacement cable from Ali-x for 6 bucks and soldered it onto the charger brick. It's cheaper than a new Apple charger and more reliable than a Chinese charger. Now I only replaced the magnet cable.
5 лет назад
Well done! It's cheaper to replace the cable instead of buying a new charging unit.
Can you link me the seller you used or tell me what I should search for in Aliexpress? Thanks in advance!
4 года назад
@@Terrnaz search for: shrinking tube, heat shrink tube or heat-shrink tubing. Buy shrinking tube (2:1) in diameter of 4.8 mm (up to 6.4 mm) shrinking to 2.8 mm (up to 3.2 mm) It's important. I bought tubing in a local hardware store (electrical department). There are two different types of tubes, low and high quality. The high-quality heat shrinking tubes are easier to stretch. The low-quality ones are made with the kinda shiny material/plastic. The better quality tubes are matt (they look and feel similar to the new Apple cords). The high-quality tubes are more expensive, and hard to find, but worth it! There are also tubing with adhesive (more expensive than regular). In the description of this video, you'll find more information. Good luck my friend and let me know how it goes!
How long did it take you to shrink the tube? I've been at it for quite a while and it still can be pushed around the wire. It's snug, but not super tight like yours looks. I bought the same size tubing
7 лет назад
It was 2, maybe 3 minutes... Cut some tube and try to shrink without stretching. If the tube does not shrink to cable diameter buy new one, but smaller and try one more again. Maybe the tube is some kind of damage...
I tried again, but this time I started at the top where it's thicker - the same place you started (mine was torn an inch lower). That did the trick and it looks great! Thanks for the video and the extra help! My previous charger tore and stopped working completely, so my bro-in-law gave me this one which already had a tear in it. Glad I saw this video before it stopped charging and would have to buy a new one! Thanks again and best of luck to you!
hey great video. well i've found a shrinking tube on eBay and it's shrink ratio is 2.1 and diameter is 4 is it good for and 2014 Magesafe 2? although all Magesafe 2 have the same cable so there should be no problem?
8 лет назад
+Once Free all MagSafe chargers have similar diameter of cable. There shouldn't be any problems.
Nice video, quick question.. did you use 4.8 MM tube? if i cant find 4.8 will 5 or 6 do?if not what can be other suggestion as i cant seem to find 4.8 MM here :(
8 лет назад
+Ravinder Singh Apple's MagSafe cord is about 3.0 MM diameter. 5.0 MM tube should shrink to 2.5 MM and 6.0 MM to 3.0 MM. Better choice is to buy 5.0 MM tube, because You will have 0.5 MM more to shrink in case of some different diameter on Your copy of MagSafe cord.
agree my friend, got it fixed :) , my cable was busted whole not just the connector point , so i couldnt do the widening for almost 1 and half meter long shrinking tube (You can imagine how much effort will it take). so i went for the kill hahaha , i cut it from the centre and rest was easy.. :) . Thanks again, spent only half a $ to fix it :)
7 лет назад
One and half meter is way too long :) I am happy that repair was successful and you have some extra money in your pocket!
+shortishperson you can buy online or find at your local store like Home Depot in alley with electrics. Just ask one of the employes.They will help you.
so to summarise a 5 minute video in one sentence, strech some shrink wrap to fit over the end. Or failing that cut away the excess and use tape. only really a very temporary fix, will still be unreliable.
4 года назад
Thank you for your interpretation but instead of tape use heat shrinking tube
I've done it and it worked fine. I only suggest you people to use one of those long nose pliers rather than the drills to stretch the tubes. It's way quicker.
5 лет назад+1
Thanks for the suggestion! The small scissors instead of drill bits or pliers also work fine.
Very cute repair and great tips and real cool video. Apple is not looking good on the amount of HITS and the number of videos! WILL they do something about this WEAKNESS """probably NOT-""""---the 'POOR' THING SUCKS! Thanks4DVideo.
Hi! I loved your video! I live in Norway and they don’t sell those tubes and that Black tape here. I’m not allowed to buy stuff online. Is there anything else i can use like drinking straks or something?
7 лет назад
Drinking straws are made for cold drinks, not for electricity. Also they are not shrinking as heat shrinking tubes. I believe that in Norway must be somewhere store for electrician. Ask some of your friends or elder people, and let me know about your research.
Nice video. I love heat-shrinking tubes, even though I haven't bought some myself. You have a lot of patience! :D I would have busted the stretching stage many times... assuming i didn't behead the magsafe already. lol.
5 лет назад+1
Thank you! I'm also a big fan of this stuff. Heat-shrinking tubes RULEZ!!! If you have a lack of patience, there are also tubes with 3:1 and 4:1 shrinking ratio, not only 2:1 (used in this video). So you don't need so many patience as I have.
Just put the heatshrink tube on a pair of needle-nosed pliers and force them open. Will take you 25 sec to stretch it instead of 25 minutes. Make sure you don't overdo the pulling or the tube will snap.
6 лет назад+2
Needle-nosed pliers get the job done! Thank for the tip!
I went straight to the solution you suggested (needle nose) ... worked perfectly. I had to create several small segments to cover the long frayed areas on my cable (it was too hard to stretch longer pieces without splitting them). Nonetheless, no shrink tube segment took me longer than a minute to create. Thanks
6 лет назад
One of my Apple cords has been repaired with 4 segments. Been there done there.
Neat! Now I know heat shrinkable tubes are also stretchable tubes. Never thought of that.... Thanks!
5 лет назад
Great to hear that! Keep in mind that there are shrinking tubes with 3:1 and 4:1 shrinking ratio, not only 2:1 (used in this video). Also, the prize may be different in a different region of the World. For instance, the same tubbing in China may cost $1 and in the USA $10.
I used black tape and somehow i realised it kinda melted from the inside and ate my cable.... I'm guessing it's the glue of the tape and the heat that caused this. So I wouldn't recommence using tape : /
7 лет назад
Petit Chocobo 100% agree! Using both, electrical tape with shrinking tube is not good idea, but using separately as a two different way of fix is ok.
I second that.. the glue from the isolation tape kills off the white isolation of the apple cable. I personally used Sugru for my old low voltage Apple cables (I dont know how often they frayed), with excellent results.
6 лет назад
I tested a couple of electrical tapes and the glue wasn't destroying Apple cord from 2006 and 2012 Apple chargers. Werner, thank you for letting me know about it!
This is happening not only with new Apple products but in general with modern electronics. What can we do about it? Probably nothing and this is sad but true.
All Apple cables are quite fragile because of the material they're using. Their cable isolation is designed to break down naturally if thrown away, so that it won't harm the environment too much. This results in fraying after some time. If you make some precautions just after you've bought a cable or a device, like wrapping it with heatshrink/pen springs/fabric on areas of stress (where you bend the cable more often), it will live long enough, so that you won't have to worry.
5 лет назад+3
Can you post a link to Apple's statement or some information about this: "Their cable isolation is designed to break down naturally if thrown away, so that it won't harm the environment too much." It doesn't convince me, because the rest of the device won't disappear from the environment.
5 лет назад+1
@@ThisAccountIsNeverUsed if the rest is able to be recycled why Apple doesn't do better quality MagSafe cord also able to recycle?
5 лет назад+2
@@ThisAccountIsNeverUsed I'm Mac user since 2006 and my old, very first White MacBook's (still working day by day just for emails and RUclips) original charger is in good condition without any damage. My MagSafe 2 from 2012, 2013 and 2015 and all iPhone's cords after about one year of usage are looks like garbage. Let me know why the 2006 charger is ok and the younger models are falling apart?
That's how I fix them but I add another step for a bit more reliability: After you slide on the heat shrink tube, slide it back from the break and brush on a little liquid tape. Then slide on the heat shrink tube and and apply the heat. Doing this adds strength and prevents the tub from slipping off.
Thanks for this video! Great idea. It looks really nice in the end. :) You should put a link to an amazon affiliate code to the materials or something. You totally deserve some money for this hack!
5 лет назад+1
Thank you for the appreciation. I'll think about some affiliate code/links in closest future, I promise you.
@ I can not find this at my local store. Please post a link online to buy this tubing.
5 лет назад
Search online for: - shrinking tube - heat shrink tube - heat-shrink tubing Buy shrinking tube in diameter of 4,8 mm shrinking to 2,8 mm. It's important. There are two different types of tubes, low and high quality. The high-quality heat shrinking tubes are easier to stretch. The low-quality ones are made with the kinda shiny material/plastic. The better quality tubes are matt (they look and feel similar to the new Apple cords). The high-quality tubes are more expensive, and hard to find, but worth it! I bought tubing it in a local hardware store (electrical department). Online you may have a problem to identify the "good" one tubing. If it's impossible to buy locally, just take a risk and try to buy online. I can't share with you some random links with tubing, it wasn't fair. Good luck my friend and let me know how it goes!
5 лет назад
I founded some links. I will test this tubing. If the tubing will be ok, I will post a helpful link.
can I use adhesive heat shrink tubing if a more than 6inches of my cable is damaged and I have to cut it off? is the adhesive heat shrink okay to stick on the exposed wire or should I stick to the regular heat shrink.
4 года назад
I believe that the adhesive heat shrink tubing is way much better in this situation. The regular ones should work, but with adhesive probably work better.
Sorry I did not mean to be rude but I have seen a spring used as well thanks Bob
7 лет назад+1
You wasn't rude. Everything is ok. Spring is good solution when cord is not damaged. It's good to secure MagSafe cable with spring but it doesn't look good in my opinion.
Thats a great repair method that I have never seen or though of before in many years in electronics. Well Done. BTW never attempt to fix these cables by splitting the transformer its too time consuming and may well damage it. If you need to join the cable in the middle solder the conductors after sliding thin heat shrink over then then heat shrink. Its even better if a larger heat shrink is brought down over the others.
5 лет назад
Thank you! I must tell you that some time ago I discovered heat shrinking tubing with adhesive. This invention is a game changer! With wider MagSafe plug and stretching it's not so good solution, but with rounded MagSafe plug and iDevices cords make miracles.
@ I cannot understand why Apple don't improve that cable - its pretty poor and open to being eaten by animals. Also two screws on the transformer would make it simple to fit or shorten a cable.
5 лет назад
@@bernardnaish2436 sadly, It's probably all about the money. If every device on the planet would be indestructible, how the company will earn money? I'm not defending the Apple and the economy, but this is how it works. At least I think that's how it works.
thank you so much for this awesome, very good looking, very tasteful music :) I have never done such thing before but I am very excited to try ns safe the day. What kind ok tube should I buy (and where can I find this?) if i have the easier version of the magsafe adapter, the cylindrical looking one (roughly 1cm wide). Thank you so much, love your work !
6 лет назад
Visit local hardware store, they probably help you. Or buy online. The heat shrinking tubes shrink something about twice. We need 3 mm tube after heating. Why? The MagSafe cord diameter is 3mm as you can see at 0:10. I use 4.8mm shrinking to 2.4mm because I wanna to wrap the cord as much as possible. Also, the 4.8mm tubing can hold stretching to MagSafe plug size (this flat and bigger one). You may use tubing up to 6mm, but 4.8mm is the best way to make this repair, at least in my opinion. Shrinking Tubes are cheap, so feel free to experiment with sizes. And let me know how your repair went.
hey do you know how to fix the macbook charger on the other end of the charger? as in near the power brick?
3 года назад+3
If the metal part of the wire is not brake, the same method should work. If it's fractured or brake you probably need to visit somebody who is certified in repairing electrical stuff
If anybody's struggling to shrink their tube with a hairdryer like I have - try shrinking it with a lighter's flame. Worked great for me. Needless to say - BE CAREFUL WITH THE FLAME!!!
Hi, Is it possible to cut a slit along the tube, and then wrap it around the cable and shrink it, then use another tube the same way, but overlap the slit from the first tube? Would this be easier than spending ages making the tube bigger? I don't have the same patience. lol.
6 лет назад+1
Cutting a slit along the tube won't work. Shrinking tube is made of elastic material, so when you heat up tube it will create a gap and fall apart. Be patient my friend ;)
It may be caused by low-quality of the shrinking tube or the age of it (older one are harder to stretch without split open). Try new one or be patient and stretch the tube slower than before.
I've an issue with my plug guess I think it's short bcz whenever I plug-in the charger the plug (attaching to the Mac) gets extremely hot within seconds Can you tell how to open that plug and correct the wires
My MacBook Pro 15" Mid-2015 always tends to get hot, esp. if the device is used at the same time as charging it. This is the most stress you can put on the power supply since it needs to put out a significantly higher amperage than when just charging and not using the laptop. So since the aluminum body of the Macbooks is designed to act as a heat sink, it is normal it gets quite hot near the charging port. That aside, try to borrow another charger to see if the same symptoms are showing. If not, then your charger should be defective. There is a tutorial on the website iFixit how to cut off a damaged part of the cable and re-solder the inner wires to the plug. It is not too easy tho and requires quite some skill. Good luck either way, my friend!
8 месяцев назад
Testing with a different charger can be very helpful
The issue with Apple cords is... let's name it as a frustration making The Thing. It's all about the peaceful mindset. Sit back, relax and repair frayed Apple cord.
5 лет назад+1
@@jwhit4075 “Train yourself to let go of everything you fear to lose.” Yoda.
@ truer words have never been spoken. One question, Why not buy a larger sized tube that slides right over instead of streching a smaller sized tube?
5 лет назад+1
@@jwhit4075 The MagSafe's plug is 17mm wide and 5mm high. Heat shrinking tubes shrinks twice. The MagSafe's cord diameter is something around 3mm. If you wanna repair cord you need to wrap the frying place tightly as it possible. That's why you need a shrinking tube up to 6mm. Simple math, 6 divided by 2 equal 3. If you use larger-sized tube it won't work. The tube after heating won't wrap the cable. You need to stretch the tube instead of using larger-sized ones. There are also shrinking tubes with 3:1 and 4:1 shrinking ratio, but they aren't so cheap as a 2:1.
simple math is not the solution. it is a 3mm diameter a circle 'wire' is not double the diameter, it is 9.42 by circumference so move your number up. and the creator should have shown the folded mm size he used- how dumb was that for him @
Could you please provide a link to a proper shrinking tube?.. I ordered some from Ali and it's impossible to shrink to those dimensions.
7 лет назад
If you bought 4.8 mm shrinking tube and it's not shrinking to 2.8 mm that's probably low-quality tube. Visit local hardware store and buy a new one. I cannot send you direct link because i dont know nothing about quality of product from Ali.
Actually, I did not express myself correctly, the tube does not extend to that size, it breaks every time... This is the tube www.aliexpress.com/item/5mm-Polyolefin-2-1-Heat-Shrink-Tubing-ROHS-UL-Black-Red-Yellow-Green-Blue-White-Clear/32788232565.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.elykPu
7 лет назад
If it breaks, it must be low-quality tubing. Try to buy a new one.
Am I looking at this wrong, or why wouldn't you simply use a bigger diameter shrink tubing rather than taking the time to stretch a smaller diameter tubing? Better still, why not use wrap around heat tubing?
3 года назад+1
The MagSafe cord diameter is 3mm. In general, the heat shrinking tubes shrink x2 or x3. You may use tubing up to 6mm if x2. I use 4.8mm shrinking to 2.4mm because I wanna to wrap the cord as much as possible
How can you do It without the paper things? :( I dont have materials lime that,help?
7 лет назад
Instead of shrinking tube (this is plastic not paper) use electrical tape. But it must be specific electrical tape, not regular for some non electrical repairs. First disconnect power brick from electricity, your safety is important. And then tape it, when you are safe. Also consider to ask some adult for help in this repair.
you may want to put a more rigid and harder wrap around the cable first before you cover it with shrink tube. Shrink tube is not hard enough to prevent cable bending. I can assure you the cable will bend again the next time you use it
how do you do this for the whole length of the cable?
4 года назад+1
Probably, piece by piece. But I think it's way too much hard work. Buy a new charger if the whole cable is damaged or try piece by piece. Let me know how it went
@ LOL, trying to resurrect my charger because the original chargers are expensive and i haven't found any third party chargers that are trustworthy enough.
You can save a lot of time by going to Home Depot and buying some heat shrinking tape
6 лет назад+3
Yes, good point. The heat shrinking tape is easier and faster but doesn't look good as a heat shrinking tube. At least in my opinion. In this video, it's all about the good-looking effect. It's a hard way but looks more esthetic.
Why can't apple just make the cord replaceable. It's a bitch move if they really make these poor quality because they want to sell more.
7 лет назад
I've got still working 2006 MacBook (white) with original charger without any damage. This White Book is in use day by day since 2006. In this unit, I replace only battery and fan. New products have low life capability. Not only Apple products but in general. What can we do? Probably nothing and this is sad but true.
what about if I have the "L" adapter I should go for what heat shrink size?
6 лет назад
The MagSafe cord diameter is 3mm. In general, the heat shrinking tubes shrink twice. You may use tubing up to 6mm. I use 4.8mm shrinking to 2.4mm because I wanna to wrap the cord as much as possible. With "L" plug you don't need to stretch the tubing as much as I stretch (bigger plug) in this video.
Thanks for that - it let me fix three of my old chargers. Didn't know heat shrinking sleeves can stretch that much!
I found chopsticks to be a great tool for the job - initially put thin ends of chopsticks inside tube from the opposite sides of the tube and then push them inside all they way until tube ends on the tick ends of sticks. Then just stretch it a bit more by crossing and flexing sticks and you get perfect size for MagSafe2.
Great to hear that! The chopsticks are the best!
One of the previous game-changing comment may help with this demanding workflow:
"There are shrinking tubes with 3:1 and 4:1 shrinking ratio, not only 2:1. Something like 12/3 would require four times less efforts to pull Magsafe2 through".
LONG NEEDLE NOSE PLIERS work the BEST! Insert the head of the pliers into the tube and then open the pliers. The handles of the pliers give you the leverage and control you need to stretch the tube without breaking/tearing. I can stretch a tube in about 30 secs with the needle nose pliers versus other methods.
Nice repair dude! But I used scissors to stretch the rubber. IMHO it's much faster and easier. It took me up to 2 minutes to stretch it. Good luck!
+Jonas Vilkaitis Yes. You can use scissors, pliers, tweezers, etc. Sky's the limit!
You're a star mate! So many guides say to use heat shrink tubing but offer no solution on how to actually get the tubing over the magsafe charger connector - I'd never have guessed the tubing could stretch this much - now i can buy some super cheap tubing instead of much more expensive silicon putty - thanks for saving me a bunch of money!
+Tom and its look way better than silicon putty.
Cezary Lopacinski absolutely! just ordered 1m of tubing from AliExpress for less than $1!
+Tom now You can repair 10-20 untits 😜
Cezary Lopacinski I should open my own, very limited, repair shop! :P
exactly :)
Stretch and shrink, lol, who could have guessed it wouldn't loose its properties. Brilliant and simple solution!
+dexfora3 so simple 😜
Thanks for the video, it worked for me by dipping the tube into warm water and using needle pliers to stretch. Great tip!!!
Glad it helped!
Thank you. I tried it and it worked really well. Although I found out that using needle-nose pliers to gradually expand both ends works better.
Great job!
terrific, patient approach.
thanks
mike
Thanks Mike!
This repair requires patience, but it pays off.
You are one of themost prone teaching guys, I ever learned from him, BIG ENORMOUS THANK YOU
Nice!
Ignore those idiots who are saying this is a useless video. I found this video very useful, thank you for sharing.
i'm happy that this video was helpful for You!
I had no hairdryer so I used a sandwich maker instead HAHAHA But hey man, you saved me so much money, and looks so clean and cool, i have a black tube but it still is so much nicer than a bunch of tape around it =P Thanks!
+Marcelo Albuja Sandwich maker? Nice! You're welcome.
toaster i suppose
Toaster is also can be a good tool for this repair :)
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thanks man, so I was looking this way. Now, my MagSafe looks pretty cool again :)
+Mohamad Masyhudi nice! Your welcome.
Great video, I did this today and it worked. However when I had heat shrink expanded and and full of drills, I dunked it in boiling hot water, which helped it expand more and thus made it easier getting it over the plug.
Thank you! *Great tip* with boiling water.
Wait, does that not start the shrinking process?
This works great. You can get the heat shrink tubing at Home Depot in different sizes, very inexpensive. I used a pair of scissors to stretch the tubing. With the scissors closed, work the tubing onto the blades. Then slowly open the scissors to stretch the tubing. Keep working it, turning the tubing around from time to time, stretching it until it fits over the magsafe end.
Well done!
Hope Your MagSafe will work for next couple years in good condition.
Thank you from Belarus!
You're welcome!
Great video! Two questions: (1) Why not use a 3:1 ratio tube? (2) How about using a shrinking tube with an adhesive? It would create a much more secure seal that's waterproof.
3:1 and adhesive one are more effective but relatively expensive and hard to buy in some regions. If the availability is not a problem, 3:1 adhesive tubing is a better option
@ One word: Amazon.
A 3:1 or if available even 4:1 ratio would be much better. Trying Amazon's heatshrink with adhesive, I found as it shrunk it got quite hard/unflexible. I can't tell if it is the adhesive that hardens or the fact there's not the slightest slip of cable within heatshrink anymore. So the heatshrink area is very stiff, while the bare cable after is very flexible. So there's a hard break between hard/soft instead of a desired transition gently absorbing the bending forces. With an iPhone charger cable I found after a few weeks there was the wire started to break again right after the heatshrink part. So beware of the adhesive variant!
Sweet! Nice fix, thanks for sharing.
+Jim Anderson thanks! You're welcome.
At first I was intending to dissemble the block to socket in the reinforcement tube up to the plug.
Until I find you video.
....It did work fine, thanks man.
You're welcome!
Nice! I like accurate work
Thank you!
I'm glad that you like my video.
thanks man you really save my life
+Markthegamer You're welcome.
+Markthegamer let me know how it went with repair.
Cezary Lopacinski the rapair went really nice but after a month same problem again and i tried what you did and its working again.... thanks again
+Markthegamer cord in my MagSafe after repair (5 months) still works and looks good. Maybe quality of shrinking tube is crucial.
I was wondering is it possible to improve the repair of MagSafe cord with heat shrink tube and i have an idea that might be help! I will make tests the new solution. If everything will be fine, i will record new tutorial.
This video was helpful in me resolving my problem. Thank you!
Glad it helped!
Hey , mad man i liked your method but it is time consuming anyway this saved my money so thanks . Keep it up and keep wasting others time ..😂👍🏻
Your welcome!
Use pliers to stretch tube, it will save not only your money but also some time.
this is exactly what i needed, thank you!
Glad it helped!
Great tip/video, very helpful, thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks! Wasn't in my mind to stretch it. So this one helped. Will try.
Glad it helped!
Well, it was pain in the ass to stretch but finally it worked. Thank you!
Well done!!!
you are a genius
+cief gies thanks, but real genius is the person who invented the shrink tube. I just use it ;)
Thanks. I used a white tape, but this looks a lot nicer.
+Pandu Murti yes, tube looks a lot nicer.
Hi Sir, I saw your this RUclips video regarding repairing Apple MagSafe Power adapater. This is excellent learning! Recently, my MacBook Pro's adapter (85W) stopped working after a spark while plugging in. I have successfully opened it. However, I'm unable to see any 'fuse' kind of component inside. Can you please help me what should I check so that I can try to fix the issue? Thanks for your guidance, Sir.
+Jaeo Naver this repair is difficult. Be patient, take your time. Watch +Francesco Ferretti video: ruclips.net/video/0QXziLtrVqY/видео.html Francesco explains how to replace the fuse. Remember that safety is a priority. You have everything to do precisely to avoid self-ignition device when you use it.
Quick tip, use needle nose pliers it’s way easier. Make sure to switch ends after every pull to avoid crack tears.
I've made this tutorial for those who don't have needle-nose pliers. Needle-nose pliers are great tool to stretch the tubbing. Great tip! Thank you!
Fixed my cable today. Thanks for the video and thanks for those who made useful comments.
Here are some points I think should be highlighted:
1. the heat shrink tube can be greatly stretched, in my case, 6mm diameter -> ~15mm
2. long nose plier is really useful to stretch the tube.
3. The quickest way I found is:
insert two thin metal bars (e.g. hex key) into the tube,
cross them and make a "X" as far as you can,
and then continue with the lone nose plier with some effort but steady.
There is a threshold and once you reach it, you will feel the tube somehow losing its flexibility and cannot shrink back (but it will when heated later)
It should take only 1~2 minutes if you are doing it properly.
4. if you don’t have heat gun, your wife’s scented candle will work as well - just hold the tube several centimeters above the flame for a while, and make sure vent after the work so she will not notice it, or you probably have to pay more than a heat gun…
Great advice thank you! Especially the tip with the candle.
Great advice! 👍
would a lighter work?
@@achis.mp4 Yes, a lighter works also. Just be very careful, esp. with white heatshrink tube. It easily gets burned, soot builds up or the material starts bubbling if the flame gets too close. In my experience, a heat gun worked way better than any flame.
Thank you for the idea... I've done this today to fix my magsafe. I use 5mm heatshrink tube.
I found that stretching it using long nose pliers can be much faster.
Lesson learnt: Just be careful while cutting your tube using sharp scissors, you must avoid tearing the sides because the tear will grow bigger and damage the tube while stretching.
Longnose pliers are the most effective tool for that job! 100%! Shrinking tube in diameter of 5mm is fine. There are two different types of tubes, low and high quality. The high-quality heat shrinking tubes are easier to stretch (even with chopsticks). The low-quality ones are made with the kinda shiny material/plastic. The better quality tubes are matt (they look and feel similar to the new Apple cords). The high-quality tubes are more expensive, and hard to find, but worth it! There are also tubing with adhesive (more expensive than regular). I need to test those tubes with a layer of adhesive!
I noticed that it is moving if pulled. So,
I wrap springs from used ballpens on both connector cable and box cable to strengthen them. I think sewing threads will also works. I've made a second layer of heatshrink tube on it. When the tube shrunken, it will grip the spring tight and will not move. I don't think i need any adhesive since it won't move anymore when pulled.
The spring works as another layer of protection.
Is it necessary to cut/trim the top part of the cable before sliding the heat shrink tube in? Can i skip the step?
Before sliding is not necessary, but before heating up the tube you must remove the remnants of the damaged cable. It's important for a good looking end result. Once you fix it, let me know how you handle with this repair. Good luck my friend!
Alright, thank you!
+Batrisyia Idzam how did it go?
Sadly it was a fail for me :( the charger stopped working before i could even put the heat shrink tube on.
+Batrisyia Idzam :(
Great idea! that's perfect... maybe too late for me xD but... well... Thank You!
+Héctor Munguia Abundis Your welcome. Maybe next time this video will be helpful. Most Apple's cables have disadvantage.
I didnt think of this until after doing my repair but if your worried it wont shrink down all the way tight cuz you stretched it so big then you could put something under the tube to make it tight again. Idk what the best option would be though to maintain uniformity. Electrical tape under it might make the repair look more scuffed
Maybe use electrical tape but lengthwise down the wire and dont wrap it 100% around, just 90% then the shrink wrap can bridge the small gap and it should look more or less perfectly circular
i believe this will help to protect our apple cables since they wont do anything to fix this issue, well can you advise the exact type of shrinking tube you used, i am going to order some online. thanx
This issue is unbelievable! 100% agree! Based on my experience, it is really important to use fresh/new tubing. The older ones are harder to stretch. I know its hard to recognize new tubing. That's why I ordered the same tubing from different sellers. This stuff is cheap, so it's not a big problem.
Nice work, didn't have a heat gun so I used Sugru instead. Looks ok.
Well done 👍
Did this a few times. Eventually I bought a new magnet replacement cable from Ali-x for 6 bucks and soldered it onto the charger brick. It's cheaper than a new Apple charger and more reliable than a Chinese charger. Now I only replaced the magnet cable.
Well done! It's cheaper to replace the cable instead of buying a new charging unit.
Can you link me the seller you used or tell me what I should search for in Aliexpress? Thanks in advance!
@@Terrnaz search for: shrinking tube, heat shrink tube or heat-shrink tubing. Buy shrinking tube (2:1) in diameter of 4.8 mm (up to 6.4 mm) shrinking to 2.8 mm (up to 3.2 mm) It's important. I bought tubing in a local hardware store (electrical department). There are two different types of tubes, low and high quality. The high-quality heat shrinking tubes are easier to stretch. The low-quality ones are made with the kinda shiny material/plastic. The better quality tubes are matt (they look and feel similar to the new Apple cords). The high-quality tubes are more expensive, and hard to find, but worth it! There are also tubing with adhesive (more expensive than regular).
In the description of this video, you'll find more information.
Good luck my friend and let me know how it goes!
great! nice and clean )
THX!
This worked for me superbly thank you so much ♥️
Thank you!!! Great to hear that!!!
Btw, you have a good quality tube, my tube tore like 4 times and the size of the head was half of what yours is....
Thank you so much for the measurements!
You are so welcome!
This is exactly what I needed! Thanks! :)
Let me... cieszę się, że trafiłeś tutaj! Oglądam Twoje filmy. Dobra robota! Daj znać jak pójdzie Ci z naprawą. Pozdrawiam!
Och łał :) Dzięki :D
How long did it take you to shrink the tube? I've been at it for quite a while and it still can be pushed around the wire. It's snug, but not super tight like yours looks. I bought the same size tubing
It was 2, maybe 3 minutes... Cut some tube and try to shrink without stretching. If the tube does not shrink to cable diameter buy new one, but smaller and try one more again. Maybe the tube is some kind of damage...
Cezary Lopacinski thank you!
You're welcome!
Let me know how it went with repair.
I tried again, but this time I started at the top where it's thicker - the same place you started (mine was torn an inch lower). That did the trick and it looks great!
Thanks for the video and the extra help! My previous charger tore and stopped working completely, so my bro-in-law gave me this one which already had a tear in it. Glad I saw this video before it stopped charging and would have to buy a new one!
Thanks again and best of luck to you!
Well done!!!
Lots of hugs :)
hey great video.
well i've found a shrinking tube on eBay and it's shrink ratio is 2.1 and diameter is 4 is it good for and 2014 Magesafe 2? although all Magesafe 2 have the same cable so there should be no problem?
+Once Free all MagSafe chargers have similar diameter of cable. There shouldn't be any problems.
so this one should be good?
+Once Free in my opinion this shrinking tube will be good for your magsafe.
cool thanks for you time i'll let you know how it goes
+Once Free your welcome! Can't wait for final result.
Nice video, quick question.. did you use 4.8 MM tube? if i cant find 4.8 will 5 or 6 do?if not what can be other suggestion as i cant seem to find 4.8 MM here :(
+Ravinder Singh Apple's MagSafe cord is about 3.0 MM diameter. 5.0 MM tube should shrink to 2.5 MM and 6.0 MM to 3.0 MM. Better choice is to buy 5.0 MM tube, because You will have 0.5 MM more to shrink in case of some different diameter on Your copy of MagSafe cord.
great, let me head to market and get 5 MM hope i get it fixed :)
Ravinder Singh a little bit of patience and everything is possible! Good luck my friend!
agree my friend, got it fixed :) , my cable was busted whole not just the connector point , so i couldnt do the widening for almost 1 and half meter long shrinking tube (You can imagine how much effort will it take). so i went for the kill hahaha , i cut it from the centre and rest was easy.. :) . Thanks again, spent only half a $ to fix it :)
One and half meter is way too long :)
I am happy that repair was successful and you have some extra money in your pocket!
Where can you find the shrinking tube?
+shortishperson you can buy online or find at your local store like Home Depot in alley with electrics. Just ask one of the employes.They will help you.
Thank you!!! I found some on Amazon.
+shortishperson let me know how it went with repair.
so to summarise a 5 minute video in one sentence, strech some shrink wrap to fit over the end. Or failing that cut away the excess and use tape. only really a very temporary fix, will still be unreliable.
Thank you for your interpretation but instead of tape use heat shrinking tube
I've done it and it worked fine. I only suggest you people to use one of those long nose pliers rather than the drills to stretch the tubes. It's way quicker.
Thanks for the suggestion! The small scissors instead of drill bits or pliers also work fine.
Very cute repair and great tips and real cool video. Apple is not looking good on the amount of HITS and the number of videos! WILL they do something about this WEAKNESS """probably NOT-""""---the 'POOR' THING SUCKS! Thanks4DVideo.
+getNAMEright Thank you.
Wish I could buy one pre-stretched 🤔
Great idea for business 😁
Hi! I loved your video! I live in Norway and they don’t sell those tubes and that Black tape here. I’m not allowed to buy stuff online. Is there anything else i can use like drinking straks or something?
Drinking straws are made for cold drinks, not for electricity. Also they are not shrinking as heat shrinking tubes. I believe that in Norway must be somewhere store for electrician. Ask some of your friends or elder people, and let me know about your research.
Best solution ever!!!
Which diameter did you use??
...you made me happy, pal! Thanks a lot.
Thank You!
I use *4.8 mm* heat shrinking tube.
Simple solutions are the best solutions!
Where can i find the good shrinking tubes over here in The Netherlands and can i do this on the side of the power brick too?
+Daviid you can repair cord on the power brick side to. Visit your local store with electrical supplies.
Thanks! my dad jus said he has the tubes. Ill shrink one tube on the side of the power brick too i think that will do fine.
+Daviid goodluck!
oddly satisfying … and a good repairing alternative :)
Indeed! 😁
Nice video. I love heat-shrinking tubes, even though I haven't bought some myself. You have a lot of patience! :D I would have busted the stretching stage many times... assuming i didn't behead the magsafe already. lol.
Thank you! I'm also a big fan of this stuff. Heat-shrinking tubes RULEZ!!!
If you have a lack of patience, there are also tubes with 3:1 and 4:1 shrinking ratio, not only 2:1 (used in this video). So you don't need so many patience as I have.
@ Thanks, Cezary. 👍🏽
Just put the heatshrink tube on a pair of needle-nosed pliers and force them open. Will take you 25 sec to stretch it instead of 25 minutes. Make sure you don't overdo the pulling or the tube will snap.
Needle-nosed pliers get the job done!
Thank for the tip!
I went straight to the solution you suggested (needle nose) ... worked perfectly. I had to create several small segments to cover the long frayed areas on my cable (it was too hard to stretch longer pieces without splitting them). Nonetheless, no shrink tube segment took me longer than a minute to create. Thanks
One of my Apple cords has been repaired with 4 segments. Been there done there.
Very clever solution which I found very helpful. Thank you!
Neat! Now I know heat shrinkable tubes are also stretchable tubes. Never thought of that.... Thanks!
Great to hear that! Keep in mind that there are shrinking tubes with 3:1 and 4:1 shrinking ratio, not only 2:1 (used in this video). Also, the prize may be different in a different region of the World. For instance, the same tubbing in China may cost $1 and in the USA $10.
Can I use normal black tape instead to cover the exposed inner cable? For my iPhone lighting cable
+NETVO TV yes you can but shrinking tube looks much better.
I used black tape and somehow i realised it kinda melted from the inside and ate my cable.... I'm guessing it's the glue of the tape and the heat that caused this. So I wouldn't recommence using tape : /
Petit Chocobo 100% agree! Using both, electrical tape with shrinking tube is not good idea, but using separately as a two different way of fix is ok.
I second that.. the glue from the isolation tape kills off the white isolation of the apple cable. I personally used Sugru for my old low voltage Apple cables (I dont know how often they frayed), with excellent results.
I tested a couple of electrical tapes and the glue wasn't destroying Apple cord from 2006 and 2012 Apple chargers. Werner, thank you for letting me know about it!
Apple should be sued for this crap.
This is happening not only with new Apple products but in general with modern electronics. What can we do about it? Probably nothing and this is sad but true.
All Apple cables are quite fragile because of the material they're using. Their cable isolation is designed to break down naturally if thrown away, so that it won't harm the environment too much. This results in fraying after some time. If you make some precautions just after you've bought a cable or a device, like wrapping it with heatshrink/pen springs/fabric on areas of stress (where you bend the cable more often), it will live long enough, so that you won't have to worry.
Can you post a link to Apple's statement or some information about this: "Their cable isolation is designed to break down naturally if thrown away, so that it won't harm the environment too much."
It doesn't convince me, because the rest of the device won't disappear from the environment.
@@ThisAccountIsNeverUsed if the rest is able to be recycled why Apple doesn't do better quality MagSafe cord also able to recycle?
@@ThisAccountIsNeverUsed I'm Mac user since 2006 and my old, very first White MacBook's (still working day by day just for emails and RUclips) original charger is in good condition without any damage. My MagSafe 2 from 2012, 2013 and 2015 and all iPhone's cords after about one year of usage are looks like garbage. Let me know why the 2006 charger is ok and the younger models are falling apart?
Why the hell has apple not fixed their damn peeling cables? Oh, I know, they want to sell you 100 dollar adapters.
or you may fix it with your own hands for cheap.
or they could put in a decent cable with their 2500 dollar laptops.
100% agree with You!
you are a Genius!! Thank you very much!
Great to hear that! Thank you. Hope it's helpful.
@ Was the perfect solution... Thanks Again Cezary
That's how I fix them but I add another step for a bit more reliability: After you slide on the heat shrink tube, slide it back from the break and brush on a little liquid tape. Then slide on the heat shrink tube and and apply the heat. Doing this adds strength and prevents the tub from slipping off.
Great idea! Thank you for the tip 👍
super!
+Никита Деньков thank you!
Thanks for this video! Great idea. It looks really nice in the end. :) You should put a link to an amazon affiliate code to the materials or something. You totally deserve some money for this hack!
Thank you for the appreciation. I'll think about some affiliate code/links in closest future, I promise you.
@ I can not find this at my local store. Please post a link online to buy this tubing.
Search online for:
- shrinking tube
- heat shrink tube
- heat-shrink tubing
Buy shrinking tube in diameter of 4,8 mm shrinking to 2,8 mm. It's important.
There are two different types of tubes, low and high quality. The high-quality heat shrinking tubes are easier to stretch. The low-quality ones are made with the kinda shiny material/plastic. The better quality tubes are matt (they look and feel similar to the new Apple cords). The high-quality tubes are more expensive, and hard to find, but worth it! I bought tubing it in a local hardware store (electrical department). Online you may have a problem to identify the "good" one tubing. If it's impossible to buy locally, just take a risk and try to buy online. I can't share with you some random links with tubing, it wasn't fair.
Good luck my friend and let me know how it goes!
I founded some links. I will test this tubing. If the tubing will be ok, I will post a helpful link.
@ Thank You!
Thats what you call precision good job
as possible, as it can be
can I use adhesive heat shrink tubing if a more than 6inches of my cable is damaged and I have to cut it off? is the adhesive heat shrink okay to stick on the exposed wire or should I stick to the regular heat shrink.
I believe that the adhesive heat shrink tubing is way much better in this situation. The regular ones should work, but with adhesive probably work better.
Use pointed nose pliers and keep working it over the pliers until you stretch it so much better than all the bits you used !!
Yes. I know. I know.
Pliers are quicker.
Thanks for advice.
Sorry I did not mean to be rude but I have seen a spring used as well thanks Bob
You wasn't rude. Everything is ok. Spring is good solution when cord is not damaged. It's good to secure MagSafe cable with spring but it doesn't look good in my opinion.
Good
Thank you!
Thats a great repair method that I have never seen or though of before in many years in electronics. Well Done. BTW never attempt to fix these cables by splitting the transformer its too time consuming and may well damage it. If you need to join the cable in the middle solder the conductors after sliding thin heat shrink over then then heat shrink. Its even better if a larger heat shrink is brought down over the others.
Thank you!
I must tell you that some time ago I discovered heat shrinking tubing with adhesive. This invention is a game changer! With wider MagSafe plug and stretching it's not so good solution, but with rounded MagSafe plug and iDevices cords make miracles.
@ I cannot understand why Apple don't improve that cable - its pretty poor and open to being eaten by animals. Also two screws on the transformer would make it simple to fit or shorten a cable.
@@bernardnaish2436 sadly, It's probably all about the money. If every device on the planet would be indestructible, how the company will earn money? I'm not defending the Apple and the economy, but this is how it works. At least I think that's how it works.
thank you so much for this awesome, very good looking, very tasteful music :) I have never done such thing before but I am very excited to try ns safe the day. What kind ok tube should I buy (and where can I find this?) if i have the easier version of the magsafe adapter, the cylindrical looking one (roughly 1cm wide). Thank you so much, love your work !
Visit local hardware store, they probably help you. Or buy online. The heat shrinking tubes shrink something about twice. We need 3 mm tube after heating. Why? The MagSafe cord diameter is 3mm as you can see at 0:10. I use 4.8mm shrinking to 2.4mm because I wanna to wrap the cord as much as possible. Also, the 4.8mm tubing can hold stretching to MagSafe plug size (this flat and bigger one). You may use tubing up to 6mm, but 4.8mm is the best way to make this repair, at least in my opinion. Shrinking Tubes are cheap, so feel free to experiment with sizes. And let me know how your repair went.
You're a monster. Passing that tube through the magsafe connector is a challenge only a few tackle.
hey do you know how to fix the macbook charger on the other end of the charger? as in near the power brick?
If the metal part of the wire is not brake, the same method should work. If it's fractured or brake you probably need to visit somebody who is certified in repairing electrical stuff
Can you please make a video on how to fix a apple computer wire thats been porshuly chewed?
This is a good idea!
Well this charger is overrated, the old one up to 2012 was better and almost unbreakable. Oh Apple.....
It's true :(
In a world, filled with use and throw products, I love how he said 'REPAIR YOUR STUFF N SAVE THE PLANET'
If anybody's struggling to shrink their tube with a hairdryer like I have - try shrinking it with a lighter's flame. Worked great for me. Needless to say - BE CAREFUL WITH THE FLAME!!!
Great tip! BE CAREFUL WITH THE FLAME!!!
would a regular hair dryer work for the hot air part of this repair?
I used regular hairdryer.
Thumbs up for you. Clean diy.
Thank you! That's what I'm talking about!
Thank you!!!
You're welcome!
You know, if you'd stopped the annoying music and talked us through it, it would have been a really helpful video.
Thanks for the advice. Trust me, the next "How to..." video will be with the voiceover.
Hi, Is it possible to cut a slit along the tube, and then wrap it around the cable and shrink it, then use another tube the same way, but overlap the slit from the first tube? Would this be easier than spending ages making the tube bigger? I don't have the same patience. lol.
Cutting a slit along the tube won't work. Shrinking tube is made of elastic material, so when you heat up tube it will create a gap and fall apart. Be patient my friend ;)
I tried that it just splits open.
It may be caused by low-quality of the shrinking tube or the age of it (older one are harder to stretch without split open). Try new one or be patient and stretch the tube slower than before.
You know that by using the cutter that way you might creating short circuits? I thought the video about cutting and re-soldering the connector.
Creating short circuits when the charger is not connected to the grid? If the cluster is not damaged is the soldering necessary?
Will this work if the part where the cord is broken is sparking when charging?
You should buy a new charger
I've an issue with my plug guess
I think it's short bcz whenever I plug-in the charger the plug (attaching to the Mac) gets extremely hot within seconds
Can you tell how to open that plug and correct the wires
My MacBook Pro 15" Mid-2015 always tends to get hot, esp. if the device is used at the same time as charging it. This is the most stress you can put on the power supply since it needs to put out a significantly higher amperage than when just charging and not using the laptop. So since the aluminum body of the Macbooks is designed to act as a heat sink, it is normal it gets quite hot near the charging port. That aside, try to borrow another charger to see if the same symptoms are showing. If not, then your charger should be defective.
There is a tutorial on the website iFixit how to cut off a damaged part of the cable and re-solder the inner wires to the plug. It is not too easy tho and requires quite some skill. Good luck either way, my friend!
Testing with a different charger can be very helpful
Where can I buy the rubber? What is the name? Can anyone help?
+MS MS you can buy shrinking tube on-line. Just Google it.
This video felt unnecessarily sensual...
The issue with Apple cords is... let's name it as a frustration making The Thing.
It's all about the peaceful mindset. Sit back, relax and repair frayed Apple cord.
@@jwhit4075 “Train yourself to let go of everything you fear to lose.” Yoda.
@ truer words have never been spoken. One question, Why not buy a larger sized tube that slides right over instead of streching a smaller sized tube?
@@jwhit4075 The MagSafe's plug is 17mm wide and 5mm high. Heat shrinking tubes shrinks twice. The MagSafe's cord diameter is something around 3mm. If you wanna repair cord you need to wrap the frying place tightly as it possible. That's why you need a shrinking tube up to 6mm. Simple math, 6 divided by 2 equal 3. If you use larger-sized tube it won't work. The tube after heating won't wrap the cable. You need to stretch the tube instead of using larger-sized ones. There are also shrinking tubes with 3:1 and 4:1 shrinking ratio, but they aren't so cheap as a 2:1.
simple math is not the solution. it is a 3mm diameter a circle 'wire' is not double the diameter, it is 9.42 by circumference so move your number up. and the creator should have shown the folded mm size he used- how dumb was that for him @
thank you!
You're welcome!
what you do if its too late its damaged and does not charge if you dont keep moving its position
Go to a certified service center or buy a new one. At least I would do that in this way.
@ Hi. The one's I see online are all too short compared to my original. Any recommendations? Thanks!
@@lucan18 in the description of this video, there are some suggestions.
@ Thanks! All worked out.
Bro how can I output 16.5 volt ?? Macbook charger 😊
I don't know. I'm not a certified electrician. However, I'm someone who figures out how to repair an Apple MagSafe power cord without damaging it 😊
Could you please provide a link to a proper shrinking tube?.. I ordered some from Ali and it's impossible to shrink to those dimensions.
If you bought 4.8 mm shrinking tube and it's not shrinking to 2.8 mm that's probably low-quality tube. Visit local hardware store and buy a new one. I cannot send you direct link because i dont know nothing about quality of product from Ali.
Actually, I did not express myself correctly, the tube does not extend to that size, it breaks every time... This is the tube www.aliexpress.com/item/5mm-Polyolefin-2-1-Heat-Shrink-Tubing-ROHS-UL-Black-Red-Yellow-Green-Blue-White-Clear/32788232565.html?spm=a2g0s.9042311.0.0.elykPu
If it breaks, it must be low-quality tubing. Try to buy a new one.
very nice work!!!
Thank you! Cheers!
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!!!!!!
Your welcome!
:)
Am I looking at this wrong, or why wouldn't you simply use a bigger diameter shrink tubing rather than taking the time to stretch a smaller diameter tubing? Better still, why not use wrap around heat tubing?
The MagSafe cord diameter is 3mm. In general, the heat shrinking tubes shrink x2 or x3. You may use tubing up to 6mm if x2. I use 4.8mm shrinking to 2.4mm because I wanna to wrap the cord as much as possible
How can you do It without the paper things? :( I dont have materials lime that,help?
Instead of shrinking tube (this is plastic not paper) use electrical tape. But it must be specific electrical tape, not regular for some non electrical repairs. First disconnect power brick from electricity, your safety is important. And then tape it, when you are safe. Also consider to ask some adult for help in this repair.
Ok thanks for your time :3 :D
Your welcome!
Good luck!
you may want to put a more rigid and harder wrap around the cable first before you cover it with shrink tube. Shrink tube is not hard enough to prevent cable bending. I can assure you the cable will bend again the next time you use it
Thank you for the tip
something harder like what?
Awesome trick
I hope it's helpful
how do you do this for the whole length of the cable?
Probably, piece by piece. But I think it's way too much hard work. Buy a new charger if the whole cable is damaged or try piece by piece. Let me know how it went
@ LOL, trying to resurrect my charger because the original chargers are expensive and i haven't found any third party chargers that are trustworthy enough.
You can save a lot of time by going to Home Depot and buying some heat shrinking tape
Yes, good point. The heat shrinking tape is easier and faster but doesn't look good as a heat shrinking tube. At least in my opinion. In this video, it's all about the good-looking effect. It's a hard way but looks more esthetic.
muttley It does the same thing... shrinks and hardens
man thats a lotta work
a lot but looks good after all
Why can't apple just make the cord replaceable. It's a bitch move if they really make these poor quality because they want to sell more.
I've got still working 2006 MacBook (white) with original charger without any damage. This White Book is in use day by day since 2006. In this unit, I replace only battery and fan. New products have low life capability. Not only Apple products but in general. What can we do? Probably nothing and this is sad but true.
what about if I have the "L" adapter I should go for what heat shrink size?
The MagSafe cord diameter is 3mm. In general, the heat shrinking tubes shrink twice. You may use tubing up to 6mm. I use 4.8mm shrinking to 2.4mm because I wanna to wrap the cord as much as possible. With "L" plug you don't need to stretch the tubing as much as I stretch (bigger plug) in this video.