But then we got home.
Last Friday my chinchilla chewed through the power cord to our wireless router so we went out and bought another router and sent the broken one to my dad to fix. Guess who chewed right through the brand new wireless router power cord tonight, not even 72 hours later?!? My bird! Ahhh! Instead of freaking out (okay, maybe a little freaking out was involved), I decided to see if I could fix it myself.
Time to bust out the big guns.
I got out my soldering kit and called my lifeline: my dad. He was able to talk me through, step by step, no soldering required.
First I cut back each of the four strands of wire to reveal about 1" of the copper. I named them A, B, C and D.
English please, Dald :)
Anyways, I touched the black end of the voltage reader to the outside of the metal part that plugs into the router and put the red end inside the metal part that plugs into the router. This was a tricky maneuver with my sweaty hands. The reading said -14.73. I had a 50/50 chance of twisting the wires together and I got it wrong. Phooey.
I untwisted the wires, connected A and D together and connected B and C together, did the voltage thingy again and got a positive reading. Booyah! I wrapped electrical tape around the twisted wires and plugged the router back in. We have power!
Moral of the story: whenever we leave the house, we're going to take the wireless router out of the destructive pet room so no chinchillas or birds or rabbits or cats or fish can chew through it!
But oh wait, the troubles don't end there.
I was changing into my pajamas and hanging my clothes back on the rod and it busted!!
BUT. Everything is A-OK now. Ring is back on my finger. Wireless router is working. Closet is in order.
May we all rest in peace tonight.
Fixing that power supply over the phone was like an aircraft controller talking a passenger into landing an airliner. You did a great job!
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