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One of our cats (Haru) chews small wires, and recently chewed through
the USB Type A to barrel connector cord for my LED reading light. No
biggie, I thought, I'll just buy a replacement for it, and move on.
that so I'll have two, and I won't have to worry about buying the
wrong connector.
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When the new reading light arrived, I found out it now used a micro
USB connector instead of the barrel, and more importantly, wouldn't
run off of the battery. Some disassembly, and the reason became pretty
had zero voltage. All signs of a battery which shorted out at some
point very early in its lifetime.
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Luckily, I had a working battery from the older light... so why not
swap? Some dodgy soldering work later, and voila! One working light
with more universal connectors and some extra parts. My rudimentary
soldering and electronic troubleshooting skills keep coming in handy.
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