Low Charging Volts

So the last few days my charger, L-style Mag-safe, would work on and off. When I play with the wire that seemed to do nothing. I've fixed the charger before from cuts in the wire and once the wire broke connection in the box. So I have taken the box apart before, but after fixing it it worked. So today the charger just stopped working completly, I thought the wire broke connection on the mag-safe tip so I took that apart. The wires didnt look to good on it so I cut down the wire a little bit and fixed it still nothing. Took apart the box to check the solder joints in there and they are good, so I check volts coming from the wall though the large cable 120v good, look on the box says output should be 15.5V, 3.65A, so I check that on the wire coming out of the box and Im getting 6.9V and 0.00A. I do not know what to check next, please help.

If setting up as new device does not help, you should contact Apple Support, they can conduct a battery test to find out more. Or visit an Authorized Apple Service Provider to get it checked.
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