How you can Check Uut Your Laptop Battery Charger

by Graham Kelly
http://www.trilogicuk.co.uk

The laptop charger links between the mains electric outlet and the laptop, transforming mains voltage AC to low voltage DC. If the battery charger does not work properly then the laptop battery pack will eventually discharge when you turn on the laptop. Should the charge warning lamp on the laptop does not illuminate once you link up the charger into the mains plug and the laptop, then no electricity is getting to the laptop the battery charger may well be defective. You can find generally three parts to the charger, any one of which can and occasionally do fail.

Check out or switch the fuse located within the AC power outlet; depending upon which place you live in you may find a fuse inside the mains connector. In the event the fuse has stopped working then replace it with one of the suitable type and power rating. If a fuse blows more than once then this typically implies a fault with the charger or power wire. When checking out the fuse make certain that the brass fasteners are tight from where the wires connect to the plug contact pins.

Check out the energy wire that links from your mains outlet to the charger isn't defective. You need to meticulously check out each end of the lead where it connects to the ac power plug as well as the outlet that links to the battery charger. If you carefully bend the wire you might notice where it is becoming detached out of the plug or outlet. You should replace the full lead plug assembly when it's extremely twisted, bulging or shows minor damage.

The laptop charger alone very rarely stops working and might only be identified by substituting an alternative, nevertheless, the low voltage cord and connection very regularly go wrong. Examine extremely thoroughly exactly where the wire connects to the reduced voltage connector that plugs into the laptop; this quite frequently breaks if the wire was bent sharply. When you attempt relocating the cable really slightly the laptop might vary charging and not charging. Also take a look at the place the low voltage cable leaves the charger, this can typically go wrong at this point primarily if the cable is often wound about the charger box. However, should the reduced voltage lead or connector interconnection is broken or cracked in the slightest then the complete battery charger will must be exchanged.

Laptop chargers tend not to generally break, nonetheless, the reduced voltage cable and connection frequently fails as a result of cable fracturing primarily if an individual has curled it forcefully or wound it about the battery charger. So if feasible you should not twist up the cords following working with the laptop, however do remove it from the mains outlet.

Graham Kelly has long been repairing laptops, notebooks and pc at component level. He is always delighted to give practical guidance and can be contacted at Trilogic's website for laptop power connector repair or broken RAM stick.

Article submitted Thursday, November 03, 2011 & read 16 times.

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