510 USB passthrough question/issue

[Rainbowz]

The wires on my 510 inline battery passthrough from Cignot started fraying out just where they go into the usb port connector and finally broke all the way through on one side and stopped working. I was thinking I could cut and splice the line, but it's just too close to that connector. Can I use any old usb connector and splice the lines further down? Or is it some special wire or special USB connector I need to use that goes into the battery case?

I ordered a new one in the meantime and I'm going to use electrical tape at that connection point to prevent it from happening again. I sit with the laptop on my lap alot and the wire hangs down, and it's pretty flimsy and bends a lot.

I am not a hardware person at all, but to me it looks like just wires.

TIA

Rainbowz

 

[kackourey]

the usb cord to the 510 is a mini usb you can splice the wires if you can get to it or you can go to radioshack(or online) and buy a usb to mini usb cable....

 

[Rainbowz]

the usb cord to the 510 is a mini usb you can splice the wires if you can get to it or you can go to radioshack(or online) and buy a usb to mini usb cable....

Thank you!! My husband is on his way to Radio Shack now. They close in 20 minutes.

We have only three batteries and one charger between the two of us, and with the USB down, one of us gets to do the waiting game when both batteries go out at the same time.

My other one is on the way but I won't get it until next week, probably, due to the insane shipping hub my shipments go through.

I love this forum!!!