[Swansea Hackspace] Problem with power "hole"

Neil Jones neil at aurinia.co.uk
Wed Sep 26 11:53:34 BST 2018



On 26/09/18 11:02, Justin Mitchell wrote:
> On Wed, 2018-09-26 at 10:56 +0100, Neil Jones 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?
> The jewellery tools should include some very pointy nosed pliers that
> might help, apart from that i can guess only at tweezers and
> watchmakers screwdrivers (because they are thin)
>
>
Thanks Justin. Can you tell me where these are kept in the space?

Neil




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