Dim Green glow on Charger

Hello. I have an issue regarding my Macbook Pro. I've had it since 2011. Not sure if it is early or mid or later but that's the year I've had it. A few months ago, around August, I noticed something peculiar with my charger. One night I got home from work and noticed my charger had a dim green glow on it. I checked my computer and found that it hadn't charged my computer while I was away. However, I simply unplugged it and plugged it back in and it went back to normal and began to charge. I then noticed it did the same thing a few days later and the same fix helped it. I called Apple Care and the guy suggested an SMC reset. I did that but I still noticed the issue, but also found out I can make it go away but moving the charger while it is in its port; almost as if I am realigning it. I called Apple Care again and after telling the guy my whole story, he suggested that it was probably the charger. Now I've looked on the internet and I've seen many people having a similar issue and the usual answer I've read is "The logic board is going bad". But my computer is still working. The keyboard lights up, it still holds a charge, and 99 percent of the time the charger works perfectly. Hearing that they declared "that I would know if the logic board is going bad".
Another representative said the same thing and even suggested that perhaps it might be the charger port in the computer itself. Now I am trying to relax after all this but still the whole thing is making me nervous. Part of me wants to believe them but there is still the part that feels it is something worse. Still Apple seems confident it is the charger and not something internal. At the moment my computer is working fine. Sure it occasionally freezes for a few seconds after I wake it from sleep mode, but otherwise it is pretty reliable. Heck I even drained the battery to zero and the charger brought it back to 100 percent no problem. I guess I'm trying to curb my worries and hopefully get other opinions.
Any thoughts would be appreciated as I don't want to shelve out money for a new computer anytime soon. I also plan to take it to a nearby geek center to try their charger and play around with it so I can determine if it is the charger or the port.

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Voltage (mV):    12291
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AC Power:
System Sleep Timer (Minutes):    0
Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes):    0
Display Sleep Timer (Minutes):    0
Automatic Restart on Power Loss:    No
Wake on AC Change:    No
Wake on Clamshell Open:    Yes
Wake on LAN:    No
Display Sleep Uses Dim:    No
PrioritizeNetworkReachabilityOverSleep:    0
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Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes):    0
Display Sleep Timer (Minutes):    0
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