Re: //c power brick opening instructions?

[Roger Johnstone <rojaws@es.co.nz>]

In <a2c2f792.0302200740.4400723d@posting.google.com> Jon Co wrote:
> How can a //c power brick be opened up?  I have a US //c and the power
> brick is 110volts.  Maybe I substitute  a laptop 12v autovolt
> switching supply.  I know I could just get a DIN jack and connect it
> to the laptop supply, but I want to retain the original look of the
> //c.  Otherwise I think it would be possible to fit the power supply
> inside the //c and make it like a //c+

This reply is a bit late, but I just noticed no one else has replied.

The two halves of the power brick case are glued together and the only 
way to open it is by the careful use of brute force :-)

I have found the best way to open this type of case is by repeatedly 
squeezing the case near the joint (in a vice if necessary) until the 
glue cracks. Once you have a crack started you can sometimes pry it 
apart with a screwdriver. The glue tends to be stronger than the plastic, 
so bits of the case edge may break before the glue gives, but they match 
the other half of the case so that when you glue it back together it 
isn't noticeable.

-- 
Roger Johnstone, Invercargill, New Zealand

Apple II - FutureCop:LAPD - iMac Game Wizard
http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~rojaws/
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"All parts should go together without forcing. You must remember that
the parts you are reassembling were disassembled by you. Therefore, if
you can't get them together again, there must be a reason. By all means,
do not use a hammer."  
                           IBM maintenance manual, 1925