March 12, 2012 at 09:52Repair L-shaped Magsafe connector
Like many macbook users in my life, the moment came when my MagSafe connector stopped working correctly (only at a certain angle), and then completely stopped charging.
Having searched a bit on the Runet, I found several instructions for repairing old MagSafe adapters, there was nothing really about repairing the L-shaped. I decided to repair it myself, since the cost of a new one in our area is $ 80.
To summarize: I made mine and later another 2 bought for $ 15 each (one is now at work, the second which was almost a new one). A small repair instruction below:
For the repair I needed a soldering iron, pliers, a knife, a scalpel (optional), insulating material.
First you need to remove the magnet from the slot in the connector, I’ll say right away that it’s not so easy, although it’s unlikely to break anything. I acted with pliers (clamped the magnet) and slipped a screwdriver between the cylinder (the connector body) and the pliers and acted as a lever for it (I didn’t understand this at once (I just tried to pull out the magnet), so the magnet in the photo is in this condition, the next patients are almost not damaged) .
Then gently cut the glue along the edges and shift the entire structure into the cylinder (you need to gently pull the wire and then pry it out). After the connector comes out of the groove, we pull it onto ourselves (we take it out of the shell), as a result, the entire filling of the connector should be pulled out.
After the filling of the connector turned out to be outside, the problem became visible (if you look closely you can see that the “outer” wire broke (it was also with the following 2)):
Cut and prepare the ends of the wire:
Solder the rest of the wire from the connector and solder to where he was before (I will not describe the soldering process, I myself am not an expert in this, but everyone who has a desire to cope with this, in which case you can always ask someone for help).
We insulate the wires with heat shrink (electrical tape) or other insulating material.
After that, you can already check the functionality of the connector (by connecting to the beech).
We assemble everything in the reverse order (I hope you did not remove the aluminum case from the wire). I added a little glue (so much that it would be possible to disassemble again, in which case).
I hope this post was useful to someone. Litter for the quality of the photo I shot part on iphone 3gs, with artificial lighting, and did not think that I would ever publish them.
Thank you for your attention, I hope the article was useful to someone and he was able to treat his pet.
Having searched a bit on the Runet, I found several instructions for repairing old MagSafe adapters, there was nothing really about repairing the L-shaped. I decided to repair it myself, since the cost of a new one in our area is $ 80.
To summarize: I made mine and later another 2 bought for $ 15 each (one is now at work, the second which was almost a new one). A small repair instruction below:
For the repair I needed a soldering iron, pliers, a knife, a scalpel (optional), insulating material.
First you need to remove the magnet from the slot in the connector, I’ll say right away that it’s not so easy, although it’s unlikely to break anything. I acted with pliers (clamped the magnet) and slipped a screwdriver between the cylinder (the connector body) and the pliers and acted as a lever for it (I didn’t understand this at once (I just tried to pull out the magnet), so the magnet in the photo is in this condition, the next patients are almost not damaged) .
Then gently cut the glue along the edges and shift the entire structure into the cylinder (you need to gently pull the wire and then pry it out). After the connector comes out of the groove, we pull it onto ourselves (we take it out of the shell), as a result, the entire filling of the connector should be pulled out.
After the filling of the connector turned out to be outside, the problem became visible (if you look closely you can see that the “outer” wire broke (it was also with the following 2)):
Cut and prepare the ends of the wire:
Solder the rest of the wire from the connector and solder to where he was before (I will not describe the soldering process, I myself am not an expert in this, but everyone who has a desire to cope with this, in which case you can always ask someone for help).
We insulate the wires with heat shrink (electrical tape) or other insulating material.
After that, you can already check the functionality of the connector (by connecting to the beech).
We assemble everything in the reverse order (I hope you did not remove the aluminum case from the wire). I added a little glue (so much that it would be possible to disassemble again, in which case).
I hope this post was useful to someone. Litter for the quality of the photo I shot part on iphone 3gs, with artificial lighting, and did not think that I would ever publish them.
Thank you for your attention, I hope the article was useful to someone and he was able to treat his pet.