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Any way to reattach cut headphone wire?

post #1 of 5
12/12/05 at 1:35am
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The left phone on my HD437's got cut so I'm trying to maybe try to fix it :P there's a blue and orange wires inside and im trying to wrap them back onto their respective sides on the other side of the broken wire to no luck... any suggestions?
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post #2 of 5
12/12/05 at 1:47am
if you want to keep the cable, get a resistor lead, shove one end into wire near headphone, other into near jack, and dump solder onto the resistor lead.. the solder should connect the two, repeat and heatshrink
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post #3 of 5
12/12/05 at 3:11am
You will have much better luck reconnecting them if you remove the enamel from the wires.

(I just burn it off with a lighter)
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post #4 of 5
12/12/05 at 4:16am
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Originally Posted by MisterX
You will have much better luck reconnecting them if you remove the enamel from the wires.

(I just burn it off with a lighter)
Yep, the colors on those cheaper/thin senn cables are enamel coated. You'll need to burn off the coating some how. There are a few methods:

Using a solder pot

Using a soldering iron (some enamel can be really stubborn, and wont' burn off very easily)

Using a lighter: This method works, it just turns the cables blackish, and if you don't clean it up properly, solder takes a bit of work to get stuck.
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post #5 of 5
9/1/10 at 4:44am

HEY thanks a ton ..i did the same just

stripped the wires ...

burnt the enamel of wires by a matchstick...

reattached the wires ...

twisted it firmly and finally

taped it with an electric tape

and voila .....its back to normal...

 

thanks again

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