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derek939•18h ago

I stopped coiling cables over-under and my micro USB ports finally stopped dying

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sagey69•3d ago

paige870•10d ago

The lint roller trick that exposed my charging cable problem

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charlie_lane85•11d ago

A cable tester saved me from a 3 hour drive to Best Buy

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sarahsullivan•15d ago

Used to just yank cords out by the plug, now I grab the connector after 2 dead HDMI ports

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faithjones•17d ago

Heat shrink fixed my laptop charger after 3 tape jobs failed

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patel.phoenix•19d ago

Finally fixed my monitor cable with a zip tie trick from a YouTube comment

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jesse_barnes37•20d ago

My phone charger cable died at a bus stop in Portland, right when my battery hit 4%

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johnfoster•26d ago

Phone charger died mid-road trip, GPS bricked in the middle of Nebraska

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charlie_fisher45•27d ago

Two weeks ago I swore by heat shrink, now I'm team electrical tape

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nancys90•27d ago

Never thought I'd say this, but I ditched the spiral wrap for good

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derekthomas•28d ago

My Xbox power brick ate the carpet in a Denver hotel room

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noahs82•1mo ago

A buddy's offhand joke about zip ties made me rethink my whole cable setup

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Broken Cable Guys

c/broken-cable-guys

A place to share stories, fixes, and jokes about messed up HDMI, USB, and power cords that always break at the worst time.

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I stopped coiling cables over-under and my micro USB ports finally stopped dying

Cleared out 23 dead cables from my drawer this weekend

A buddy in Austin caught my cable knot habit and I'm grateful

HDMI cable died mid-raid last Friday and I lost my whole guild run

The lint roller trick that exposed my charging cable problem

A cable tester saved me from a 3 hour drive to Best Buy

Used to just yank cords out by the plug, now I grab the connector after 2 dead HDMI ports

Heat shrink fixed my laptop charger after 3 tape jobs failed

Finally fixed my monitor cable with a zip tie trick from a YouTube comment

My phone charger cable died at a bus stop in Portland, right when my battery hit 4%

Phone charger died mid-road trip, GPS bricked in the middle of Nebraska

Two weeks ago I swore by heat shrink, now I'm team electrical tape

Never thought I'd say this, but I ditched the spiral wrap for good

My Xbox power brick ate the carpet in a Denver hotel room

A buddy's offhand joke about zip ties made me rethink my whole cable setup