[Swansea Hackspace] Problem with power "hole"

[Alex Duffield]

I replaced and resoldetong my laptop's port for like £1.48 in parts

On Wed, 26 Sep 2018, 11:06 Skylie, <greengiantsweet888 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Tweezers seem to be your best bet to be honest. Although if you can't and
> you're comfortable with taking it apart, the ports for laptops tend to be
> like £2 or something on eBay.
>
> On Wed, 26 Sep 2018, 10:56 Neil Jones, <neil at aurinia.co.uk> wrote:
>
>> I wonder if anyone can suggest an answer to this problem.
>>
>> Also there may be tools at the space that can help.I have a laptop and
>> the power supply lead has broken. I have a new one but part of the old
>> one is still inside the socket.
>>
>> It is one of those right angled plugs that is narrower that an audio
>> jack. The outer sheath has come away from the wiring inside and remained
>> inside the hole.
>>
>> Any ideas how to remove it? What tools could I use or improvise?
>>
>> Neil
>>
>>
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