Broken Wii Sensor Bar!
Well I turned on my Wii the otherday, I was going to have a quick go on Warioware Smoothe Moves with my eldest Daughter, its her favorite. Anyway, I turned it on, pressed A to continue as it asks everytime, then got to the Wii Channels screen.
For some reason there was no pointer on the screen, i looked at the sensor bar and thought “A ha!”, the sensor bar has slipped back under the TV. I pulled it out and tried again, no cigar. I checked the sensor bar was plugged in, which it was, Ithen began to trace the cable…
To my horror the cable had been sheared in half! I think the kids rabbit had been down there and had a little nibble!
Rather than panicking, i got my tool kit out stripped the cable and tried just twisting the cores back together, it didnt work so i searched the net and came up with this. It explained that the cores are coated to insulate them that to remove it u just heat each bare bit with a lighter. I did this and it worked perfectly. I then got out the soldering iron, soldered the cables back together and voila, good as new, well almost. 
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