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Yikes! Melted power adapter crisis

Saturday, January 23rd, 2010

Melted sheathing on MacBook Pro power adapter wire

Melted sheathing on MacBook Pro power adapter wire

I’ve never had anything like this happen with any power adapter for any device ever before.  The problem was not the same as this well known issue with MacBook Pro power adapters.  Not a pleasant discovery, since I tend to leave this thing plugged in until 100% charged (which can take hours — not always attended), and it sits on the wooden table you see in the background.

The good news is, the newer models were in stock an my local Future Shop — and I got an open box discount of 50%.  My favorite local Mac store is not open on weekends, but with Podcamp Halifax tomorrow, I could not really wait, so thank-you Future Shop.

Replacement MacBook Pro adapter at 50% "open box" discount

Replacement MacBook Pro adapter at 50% "open box" discount

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Posted on Saturday, January 23rd, 2010 at 5:09 pm and filed under: Try this at home, User Experience. This post has an RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

  • John Neima

    Dude – that’s scary! When I think about all the stuff I have charging around the house, on carpet of all places…

  • Jason Murray

    Looks like a little electrical tape could make that as good as new (jk). Great site btw.