Easy Headphone Repair for Broken Wires

Step 7 SHRINK WRAP!!!

Now slide the shrink tubing(?) back over the electrical-tape-covered wires and heat up with a match/soldering iron/heat source until you get it nice and conformed.

ZE END!!

Comments

[delliott6]

Thanks for the great tutorial. (BTW it is heat shrink tubing) :)

[georgart53]

I stripped the wires and twisted them tried them but they don't work, still. These are my husbands headphones that he'd only had for a short time. I have a solder gun but I didn't want to solder them until I was sure they would work right.

[killersquirel11]

Most of the time twisting won't work even when you sand the wires down. Even with sanding, there is still enamel left on the wire that will get in the way of the current when the wires are just twisted. The best way is just to solder the wires. To get the best connection, the cut ends should probably end up in the solder, since these won't have any enamel on them. A way that you might be able to see if the headphones to work is to try to touch the broken ends together. Good luck

[josh15979]

use a lighter and burn the enamel off of the wire sanding the wires really does suck lol

[marilandita]

Great advise with the lighter, now it works! tnx man.

[bitsonhj]

thanks for enlighting the tutorial....

[jstrandberg]

or otherwise if you don't want to use soldering machine try with lighter , there can come some smell but it isn't nothing , i don't recommend SAND PAPER , that will damage the cables..

[georgart53]

er.. what I said up there :P

[zaniac77]

Just bought a brand new pair, and the kitten chewed threw them. The solder really did the trick. Thanks for posting this! :)

[Tranceboy2k]

Yeah kitten's are very expensive aren't they lol, chewed through 2 phone chargers too omg.
Thank God for this solution, I was told about it by my boss today, and he said bring them in to him, so that is exactly what I'll do!
Not saying I don't trust this (I just don't trust me.)

I was thrilled when I found out about this, those wires are so damn thin You could pull them apart with 2 fingers!

[mrzark]

Thanks! that was really helpful! One thing I would suggest, since it worked out great for me, is to actually melt off the enamel with a lighter and then clean off the leftover residue with a damp cloth. It saved my $100 headphones and was much quicker then the sandpaper suggestion.

[kyismaster]

hey man, thanks alot ! got my $300 head set back up and running, Love you. :P

[killersquirel11]

First headphone fix I did was on a friend's $200 pair of Bose headphones.

[kyismaster]

awsome, i wish i knew about this before my mom threw my bose away 2 years ago! saved my bang & olufsen though.

[killersquirel11]

Well this instructible has been around for over 2 years :)
funny thing is that I've never spent more than ~25 on a set of headphones

[georgart53]

Ok.. thanks.. I'll try that. I never thought of that.. doh. !