Yellow, Brown and Green?

I can sing a rainbow, sing a rainbow too!

 

pitty he prob cut the plug short or you could of checked the pins based on the colours there

 

I guess as it came with a moulded plug it ain't meant to be disassembled? So they could have been pink, purple & puce coloured?

Bring back the EU and the brown, blue and green/yellow flex colour change from 1972...

 

Does the other end of the lead have a 'kettle' plug?

If so, get another lead with plugs on.

Mr. HandyAndy - Really

 

Otherwise, if he still has the plug, cut it open to see where the colours terminate. Or test continuity between cut wires and pins.

Mr. HandyAndy - Really

 

My correction...
... Not 1972 but 1969 (leaflet found in a loft). 1969 was the copyright date on the leaflet, but it was cut off in the scanning process.
Colour change harmonisation for solid cores of course came much later.

 

Sony use both the twin and clover leaf leads both cheap enough to buy

 

Good.

If he was intending repairing it, you should go help him.

Looks like he has taken to those cables with a bread knife!

Mr. HandyAndy - Really

 

Short of actually opening up the charger to see which wire goes where (fraught with danger if your brother is as bad at diy as you say) Best bet is buying a new complete lead.
As an aside, a patient on our ward had one of those electronic photo frames. He had it plugged into a wall socket and when he pulled the plug from the wall, the "live " pin was left in the socket. I turned the socket off and phoned maintenance , telling them it was an urgent job. (tried pulling the pin out of the socket but it wouldn't budge) sparky came and even with a pair of grips, couldn't pull it out. He switched off the ring at the breaker and replaced the socket. Had a look at the old socket and it looks like the plastic covering the half of the pin had came out instead of the pin. Due to the shape of the pin, the spring bit in the socket had jammed up.

 

I have a colour chart somewhere,I'll find it and post it up,I had to replace a plug the other day and the colours were,red,blue and green.

 

I would recommend smashing it in some way so it cannot be inserted into a socket by an inquisitive child ... and also removing the fuse holder and fuse and disposing of the holder.

 

I dont think I would go on a color guide as it could have been wired up in the factory anyway round.

A PC shop should have loads of these, I gave them my laptop when it wasn't repairable.

If not a new AC/DC adapter costs about £15.

Still hang onto the old adapter, as the DC jack is normally where these things break.

 

Excellent - exactly what I do Mr P.