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JT



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repairing chewed headphone wires
#8853851 - 08/30/08 08:26 PM (15 years, 8 months ago) |
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My sister's rabbit chewed through the cords to my pair of Bose Triport headphones. Does anyone know an easy way to repair these without shipping them back to the company? I don't want to be without them for three weeks.
My dad has a soldering kit, but there is some kind of fabric in between the rubber and the wires and i'm not sure if that will cause a problem.
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Ogre812
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Re: repairing chewed headphone wires [Re: JT]
#8853887 - 08/30/08 08:47 PM (15 years, 8 months ago) |
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yeah just cut the ends clean, peel off some of the jacket from both ends and twist together. You can wrap electrical tape around it to insulate it.
-------------------- Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither, and will lose both. ~ Benjamin Franklin ~ "Let me tell you about a Porcupine's balls. They're small, and they don't give a SHIT!" ~Danny~
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Re: repairing chewed headphone wires [Re: Ogre812]
#8853890 - 08/30/08 08:49 PM (15 years, 8 months ago) |
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allso, it wouldn't hurt to solder it. just cut the fabric out. if you solder it then just lay the wires together in-line and solder them together. then wrap with electrical tape.
-------------------- Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither, and will lose both. ~ Benjamin Franklin ~ "Let me tell you about a Porcupine's balls. They're small, and they don't give a SHIT!" ~Danny~
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JT



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Re: repairing chewed headphone wires [Re: Ogre812]
#8853900 - 08/30/08 08:55 PM (15 years, 8 months ago) |
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alright, i figured it wasn't too hard. thanks man.
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Ogre812
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Re: repairing chewed headphone wires [Re: JT]
#8853936 - 08/30/08 09:10 PM (15 years, 8 months ago) |
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No problemo
-------------------- Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither, and will lose both. ~ Benjamin Franklin ~ "Let me tell you about a Porcupine's balls. They're small, and they don't give a SHIT!" ~Danny~
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zouden
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Re: repairing chewed headphone wires [Re: Ogre812]
#8854061 - 08/30/08 09:48 PM (15 years, 8 months ago) |
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Even better than electrical tape is heat-shrink tubing - you slide it over the join and hit it with a hair dryer (or hold it over a toaster). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heat-shrink_tubing Awesome, wikipedia has an animated gif of it shrinking!
 Buy it from electrical stores for like $1/metre
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Re: repairing chewed headphone wires [Re: zouden]
#8854065 - 08/30/08 09:49 PM (15 years, 8 months ago) |
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True that
-------------------- Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither, and will lose both. ~ Benjamin Franklin ~ "Let me tell you about a Porcupine's balls. They're small, and they don't give a SHIT!" ~Danny~
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