A cut or damaged power cord will often mean a costly replacement of an otherwise-working tool or appliance. However, there are times when you can repair the cord yourself without replacing the entire ...

We’ve likely all seen a power tool with a less-than-functional strain relief at one end of the power cord or the other. Fixing the plug end is easy, but at the tool end things are a little harder and ...

[Tommy Ward] had a big problem with the cord for his laptop power supply. This thing’s not cheap so he figured out a way to fix the frayed cord on his Apple MagSafe. He asserts that the shortened ...

Yesterday, Microsoft was reportedly going to issue free recalls for some of its power cords, citing potential fire hazard problems for a certain range of the Surface Pro cables. Now Microsoft has made ...

Yesterday's report on troubleshooting FireWire failure problems generated some interesting feedback. Most readers concur that cheap cables are a culprit in port failure, while others noted that having ...