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+[[!meta title="Fixing a reading light"]]
+
+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.
+But wait, an entirely new reading light is just as cheap! I'll buy
+that so I'll have two, and I won't have to worry about buying the
+wrong connector.
+
+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
+obvious. The battery was slightly bulgy, had almost no resistance, and
+had zero voltage. All signs of a battery which shorted out at some
+point very early in its lifetime.
+
+[[!agimg 2017/07_July/2017_07_07/IMG_20170707_204638.jpg]]
+
+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.
+
+[[!agimg 2017/07_July/2017_07_07/IMG_20170707_204638.jpg]]
+
+
+[[!tag tech debian keyboards]]