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

1 point·andrewfromx··5 comments

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?

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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.

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

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?

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.

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.

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