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No posts that aren’t directly related to Apple or the Apple eco-system.No rude, offensive, or hateful comments.No editorialized link titles (use the original source's title if applicable).Posts must foster reasonable discussion.No memes, direct images or contextless image/video posts.If you have a tech or buying/selling-related question, please check out our Daily Advice Thread or r/AppleHelp! CommunityĪ more in-depth version of the rules can be found here I test all the cables I get via my bench supply & logic board that I purposfully disabled one wire to emitate a fault, not yet found a cable that has not worked correclty apart from sellers stating its 85W when its 60W in which case I only use it for 60W chargers.Welcome to r/Apple, the unofficial community for Apple news, rumors, and discussions. I have 3 chargers in my home all in use, one from 10 years ago, another from around 7 years and another which is mag 2 few years ago, all working perfectly as they should.įew volts are passed through to the macbook logic board with no green light, which enables the one wire circuit to then coms back to charger that all is well and allow 18v to pass (green light). I do not cut open the chargers, only prise them with a special tool which keeps a Lip intact around the edges which allows you to be able to glue them back together with very strong Glue.
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I can tell you that the cords genuine apple or not, they still work correctly with Genuine macbook chargers if you know how to replace them well as I do. I do not repair knock off chargers as they are dangerous and I have found many genuine looking chargers that are fake inside.
Apple 85W MagSafe Power Adapter (for 15- and 17-inch MacBook Pro) - Next Gallery Image. Apple 85W MagSafe Power Adapter (for 15- and 17-inch MacBook Pro) - Previous Gallery Image. Rossmann many years ago, I had a small workshop with all the mid to top spec gear including a InfraRed Bga machine, long gave up that business as UK costumers specially in east london do not want to pay a great deal for repairs of thier macbook, and no way near what Louis charges. Apple 60W MagSafe Power Adapter (for MacBook and. Hi Dan, I was one of the first subscribers to L. Hope thats cleared it up for a few folks!!! (has anyone found a good source?) I can confirm they do exist as I have purchased a lot of the them in the past for my refurbished macbook business, wish I got more if I had known how hard they are to find.Ħ0W does work with macbooks that require 85W chargers, however, if your battery is dead or no battery, the macbook will not start up, if you have a battery, you would need to wait until it has charged up a little for the macbook to power on and then slowley continue charging with the 60W, if you have no battery or battery dies completely, your macbook will never start on a 60W detected charger even tho it may be a 85W unit with a 60W cable. Jo Lodewyckx You are absolutely correct and spot on!!! I have been going blue in the face trying to explain this very dilema to sellers of magsafe cord all telling me it is compatible as they dont even know themselves, there was one or two selling 85W magsafes on Ali who did know about the existance and would only ship them to you if you specfied that you want a 85W cable, but they have long gone and I have given up emailing aliexpress sellers, ebay sellers all selling 60W thinking its compatible.