DC Plug for AC/DC Converter Problem--Hole Too Big

[W. Watson]

I need some trick to properly size a DC plug (female) into the DC socket (female) on
an electronics box. The adapter sent to me was too small a diameter to fit over the
socket tip, so I cut off the plug, and mounted an N type from Radio Shack. I did a
make shift job, because the DC cord was too big for the RS plug. Eventually, the plug
broke loose. I asked a friend to pick up a plug at an electronic store in Sacramento,
but she got a plug, although, the wire will slip into it well, the size of the inner
cylinder is too big to make a connection with the pin in the socket. Is there some
clever trick I can use to make the cylinder size smaller?
--
Wayne T. Watson (121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N, 2,701 feet, Nevada City, CA)
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[John G]

"W. Watson" <wolf_tracks@invalid.inv> wrote in message
news:e%SVb.17683$F23.16745@newsread2.news.pas.earthlink.net...

I need some trick to properly size a DC plug (female) into
the DC socket (female) on
an electronics box. The adapter sent to me was too small a
diameter to fit over the
socket tip, so I cut off the plug, and mounted an N type
from Radio Shack. I did a
make shift job, because the DC cord was too big for the RS
plug. Eventually, the plug
broke loose. I asked a friend to pick up a plug at an
electronic store in Sacramento,
but she got a plug, although, the wire will slip into it
well, the size of the inner
cylinder is too big to make a connection with the pin in
the socket. Is there some
clever trick I can use to make the cylinder size smaller?
--
Wayne T. Watson

Yes take your device to Radio Shack or wherever and buy the
matching plug
for the socket on your device.

There are several inside and outside diameters of these plug
and various combinations of both.

Only way for an amateur to get it correct is to fit them in
the shop then pay your money.
--
John G

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