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8

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                          15 - 25 minutes

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Introduction

Background experience:

While this guide may look intimidating, no background experience is required! All steps here are made to be novice-friendly.

Hazards:If you are inexperienced with electricity, rubber/leather gloves are recommended as they act as insulators.

Why is this repair needed?:

This repair is needed as it can be a good skill to know for the future. This fix can apply to anything requiring a fix of a wire.

If all these requirements are met, you can begin the guide!

What you need

Step 1

              How to Repair a Burnt Wire for a Light Globe
  • Use a flathead screwdriver to remove the two 3 mm screws from the power adapter.

Use a flathead screwdriver to remove the two 3 mm screws from the power adapter.

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Step 2

  • If needed, clean the power adapter’s shell as much as possible.

If needed, clean the power adapter’s shell as much as possible.

Step 3

  • Use wire cutters to cut the wires to equal lengths.

Use wire cutters to cut the wires to equal lengths.

Step 4

  • Use wire strippers to carefully peel the wire cord to expose 2 cm of wire.

Use wire strippers to carefully peel the wire cord to expose 2 cm of wire.

Step 5

  • Slide the shell back into the wire cord, past the exposed copper wires.

Slide the shell back into the wire cord, past the exposed copper wires.

Step 6

  • Grab the terminal of the power adapter and loosen the 3 mm screws of the terminal if needed.
  • Wrap one exposed copper wire around one loosened 3 mm screw and tighten the screw immediately.
  • Repeat the second bullet point for the second copper wire.

Grab the terminal of the power adapter and loosen the 3 mm screws of the terminal if needed.

Wrap one exposed copper wire around one loosened 3 mm screw and tighten the screw immediately.

Repeat the second bullet point for the second copper wire.

Step 7

  • Push the shell back into the terminal so that the terminal is protected by the shell.
  • Grab the 3 mm screws that were taken out in the first step and re-screw them into the shell.

Push the shell back into the terminal so that the terminal is protected by the shell.

Grab the 3 mm screws that were taken out in the first step and re-screw them into the shell.

Step 8

  • Plug in the power adapter into a functioning power outlet.
  • The light globe should now successfully turn on!

Plug in the power adapter into a functioning power outlet.

The light globe should now successfully turn on!

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