Another day, another proprietary charging cable. The new Vaio Flip 13 and Tap 11 cables look like this:

sony vaio flip 13 adapter

Since there are no third party adapters for this plug yet, a customer of ours figured out an elegant way to use his OEM Sony cable to charge his laptop from AC and our V72 laptop battery . He can also charge the V72 from his OEM cable. The key to the solution was splitting the wire between the brick and the adapter and adding this 5.5×2.5mm barrel plug and jack. Simple and elegant. Thanks to Roger for sharing.

sony vaio flip 13 cable

3 Responses

  1. Aron

    That’s an awesome hack Roger!

    I am seriously considering doing this myself…but I was wondering if there are any instructions available?

    I’m a layman when it comes to electrical wiring, and I would like to do this safely. Thanks!

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  2. Marco

    Just a tip for Roger: On the 5.5 x 2.5mm barrel plug, if you put a short piece of heat shrink tubing where the cable enters the plug and partially covering the jack housing as well, it will serve as a fine strain relief and keep dirt out. Nice work!

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