Adrian Corscadden
My MacBook power cord is dying. It has a really bad short just past the transformer that is extremely temperamental. I did not take a picture of the short because I was too scared to remove the tape, but it is very ugly. There are only a few strands of wire left to transmit power. Any tiny movement shorts it out and cuts power to my MacBook. As you can see, I have fixed the problem by securing the transformer to the desk to stop any movement. (click for a larger image)
Mine is very similar to this one, whose owner cut it open and fixed the short. I have not been forced to do this yet, as I do not wander too far from my desk. Eventually I am going to have to repair it as per these instructions on Flickr.
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I’d be careful with that because it looks like that’s a wood table of sorts and it could possibly catch on fire left too long unattended and plugged in.
It is just a fake wood table, but it still is a bit sketchy and I have been unplugging it when I’m not around.
Thanks for the concern though.
I have a similar problem, with a Windows-based laptop. Ironically, someone told me to get a Mac, as such things apparently never happen. Unfortunately, whenever the power goes, so does my wireless connection. Ugh.
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Your actually tempting fate if you have a loose conductor wire on the 120V side of the circuit ( Thats the side that plugs in the killer wall receptacle) If you did have a short in the cord, it would have exploded by now, and I do mean explode. Where the danger lies is the fact that your electrical pathway to the notebook power transformer is being narrowed. What you end up with is a type of miniature heating element at the point of cable failure so this thing could heat up and burn.
If your adept at technical stuff tear it apart nd replace the power cord.
If your not inclined that way I would replace the power transformer as soon as possible.
Electrical fires can cause some major damage.
The problem is on the low voltage side of the transformer, so it is not too dangerous. I am still going to open up the case and re-wire it though.
kinda similar to my issue: the cord is burnt from the inside out near the magnet part of the power cord
and it sucks because, just like yours, most of the wires were separated when it fried and now i have to move it in a certain position to get any power from it
and because my lappy is over a year old, i don’t think the Apple Care stuff will cover it any longer
the worst part is that if you touch the part where the frayed wires are poking out you get a share of the current flowing through and it sometimes sparks, which could potentially ignite the pants i wear under the cord
yours doesn’t seem quite as bad does it? =D
If you didn’t already get it replaced, do so asap.
My cord was having the same problem and it *did* catch fire. Apple replaced it.