Karsoncookie Posted April 9, 2016 Share Posted April 9, 2016 Had two separate situations last few weeks. #1 - Little Princess Daisy (puppy Rat terrier) decided to chew on Apple "Lightning Synch/ charge" cord. Charger for Wife's I Pad. #2 - $20 Phillips headphones, cheap, but actually sound pretty good, and in my budget,one side dead allassudden.. Turns out fault by the "Molded" Chinese plug that has NEVER been abused. Trying to repair like human hair stranded wires. Clamp on Mag glass , bright lighting, and all arsenal. Very patience needing. Damn synthetic rope between the hairs, non strippable varnish like insulation EACH on the individual CU strandhairs, etc. Amazingly frustrating ohmmeter readings (Wheres the fault??) due to the "varnish" Strands won't twist like normal copper for pre soldering, spring back like music wire. YARRRRRRRRR. Finally, twisted as good as possibles, and just soldered the whole mess, They BOTH WORK !!!! Heat melted the varnish and string of course, and even though ugly, 60/40 rosin core solder efffectively electrically bonded everything. Pretty cool, but sooo frustrating , SO small wires. Lars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karsoncookie Posted April 9, 2016 Author Share Posted April 9, 2016 Gave up two evenings, said I am the Boss, and fixed it 3rd night. Lars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldtimer Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 Sheer force of will. It's one of my favorite techniques. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvel Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 I would've just bought the Apple cable... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mustang guy Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 (edited) HAHA! I used to fix toys when the kiddies were little. Some of them were even McDonald toys. LOL I hated to throw something away my kids were playing with and liked, so I would "paste them back together". One time my John Deere had a battle with a MecaGodzilla. Sadly, the Deere not only won, but destroyed the MecaGodzilla so badly that I couldn't paste it back together. So instead, I made up an entertaining John Deere vs Meca Godzilla story and made the kids laugh. Edited April 10, 2016 by mustang guy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MORE KLIPSCH PLEASE Posted April 10, 2016 Share Posted April 10, 2016 Yea.... I not only run a Honda repair shop..... I also must fix the toys for the kids..... all in a days work Cool story mustang guy MKP :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karsoncookie Posted April 10, 2016 Author Share Posted April 10, 2016 I would've just bought the Apple cable... I did, but even though it was only two days wait via Prime, it became a personal challenge in meantime. Lars Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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