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<blockquote data-quote="King Arthur" data-source="post: 523046" data-attributes="member: 31673"><p>I would not bin it without attempting a repair myself, as there's nothing to lose wirh a bit of careful trying.</p><p>First off i'd cut the cable about 1cm from the plug to leave enough wire to make another connection to the plug. I doubt this will work because the break is more like closer to the plug but its an easy thing to do first.</p><p>Second I would try cutting away the plastic moulding of the plug to finf the internal conductor and solder the wires to them (get the polarity correct!). This will range from fiddly to impossible.</p><p>Lastly I would try soldering wires directly to the battery pins and protecting them with some hestshrink. Again, fiddly but definitely possible. The downside to this is that another mod will likely be need to enable the battery to be charged.</p><p>If all this sounds like too much effort then the bin is probably to only other option. But what a waste and a reflection of the throwaway socieyy we've become. Good luck if you give it a try!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="King Arthur, post: 523046, member: 31673"] I would not bin it without attempting a repair myself, as there's nothing to lose wirh a bit of careful trying. First off i'd cut the cable about 1cm from the plug to leave enough wire to make another connection to the plug. I doubt this will work because the break is more like closer to the plug but its an easy thing to do first. Second I would try cutting away the plastic moulding of the plug to finf the internal conductor and solder the wires to them (get the polarity correct!). This will range from fiddly to impossible. Lastly I would try soldering wires directly to the battery pins and protecting them with some hestshrink. Again, fiddly but definitely possible. The downside to this is that another mod will likely be need to enable the battery to be charged. If all this sounds like too much effort then the bin is probably to only other option. But what a waste and a reflection of the throwaway socieyy we've become. Good luck if you give it a try! [/QUOTE]
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