Icebook power adapter cord?

My 3+ yr-old iBook power-adapter cord is starting to wear at the rubber flex, where the cord goes into the lighted metal plug that plugs into the power-jack on the computer.
Peter D. Tillman wrote on :

My 3+ yr-old iBook power-adapter cord is starting to wear at the rubber flex, where the cord goes into the lighted metal plug that plugs into the power-jack on the computer. Is this a common failure-point? This is the white, squarish adapter (with the Apple logo) that is also used (with color variations, ims) with some Powerbooks and other Apple products.

I'll probably give it a coat of liquid-rubber on the flex, just to be safe. IIRC, I had to junk an old PB adaptor for this reason, as it's a proprietary, non-replaceable plug.

TIA -- Pete Tillman

Peter D. Tillman replied on :

In article tillman-096962.13273103092005@redacted.invalid, "Peter D. Tillman" tillman@redacted.invalid wrote:

My 3+ yr-old iBook power-adapter cord is starting to wear at the rubber flex, where the cord goes into the lighted metal plug that plugs into the power-jack on the computer. Is this a common failure-point? This is the white, squarish adapter (with the Apple logo) that is also used (with color variations, ims) with some Powerbooks and other Apple products.

I'll probably give it a coat of liquid-rubber on the flex, just to be safe. IIRC, I had to junk an old PB adaptor for this reason, as it's a proprietary, non-replaceable plug.

I gather this isn't a major problem here, but to adjust the karmic balance, I bonged said jack against a table-leg hard enough to crack the plastic TOD. A bit of super-glue patched things up fine.

Cheers -- Pete Tillman