Ask HN: How would I make a shorter power adapter extension cable?

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by andrewfromx • 10 years ago

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This comes from apple with 18 foot length. http://www.apple.com/shop/product/MK122LL/A/power-adapter-extension-cable

I would like one that's just 1 foot long. Very short version but same ends.

I tried cutting one in half and connecting wires but that's not gonna work. How can I make one professional if apple doesn't sell one?

charford• 10 years ago

Technically you could cut it to length, and reconnect wires by soldering them together. Then cover up the patch with white shrink wrap tubing. It probably wouldn't look "that" bad.

Heat shrink tubing: https://www.amazon.com/3M-Shrink-Tubing-Length-Width/dp/B000...

Just stick that on the wire before you soldier, then move it over the area you soldiered, and use a heat gun to shrink into place.

Good luck.

andrewfromx2• 10 years ago

is there a company I can mail it to and they will do this for me professionally?

jetti2• 10 years ago

Why did cutting one in half and connecting wires not work? Are you sure that it was fully connected? Did you try soldering the wires together?

andrewfromx2• 10 years ago

I guess I was expecting 1 copper wire to easily twist to the other end. But inside are 1000s of tiny copper wires all very delicate and I ended up accidentally pulling out a couple clumps of like 50 small wires.

jetti2• 10 years ago

you could, in theory, just twist but the problem with that is that any little movement could cause the wire to separate and it would become useless.

Ask HN: How would I make a shorter power adapter extension cable?

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