How to Repair a Burnt Wire for a Light Globe

Dernière mise à jour le September 2, 2020

15 - 25 minutes

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Introduction

Welcome to this guide! Here is some basic background information required to begin the fix:

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!

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

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.

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.