MacBook L style charger doesn't light up

My MacBook charger that i have had for a couple of years randomly stopped working one day where it would not charge and the charger light would not light up. My friends chargers work fine on mine but mine broken one doesnt work on theirs. This is the second charger that this has happened to within the past week! I have tried all forms of troubleshooting both from Apple and else where. Mac is 5 years old, if the laptop is breaking the charger then should i get a new one?
Thanks for your help

That's what I'm thinking. As a battery ages, it demands more current from the power adapter.
That really ought not to break a power adapter but it's the only reasonable explanation, given that you had two failures in only a week.
There are more important reasons for replacing a dead battery. Though it doesn't happen very often, it could swell and physically damage your MacBook. The additional current flowing through the power adapter's charging port over a long period of time isn't good either.
If you're lucky you can get more than five years of useful life from an Apple battery, but five years is about average.

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Hello all,
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The AC adaptor is NOT the problem - or at least, not the fundamental problem, since I just swapped mine for the known-good one from my sister's almost identical (and week-old) MacBook, and I get the same symptoms.
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Sometimes it does charge, and I haven't been able to figure out why it does so at these times. Even then, the AC adaptor's light doesn't come fully on, staying dim and green while it's charging the machine.
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I'm running 10.5.4, so I should have Battery Update 1.2 installed but I've never run it.
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I don't have another battery to test with right now and I can't get to an Apple dealer.
Below is the Apple System Profiler output for the Power section.
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Model Information:
Serial Number: DP-ASMB013-358e-7e58
Manufacturer: DP
Device name: ASMB013
Pack Lot Code: 0001
PCB Lot Code: 0000
Firmware Version: 0102
Hardware Revision: 0300
Cell Revision: 0100
Charge Information:
Charge remaining (mAh): 1130
Fully charged: No
Charging: No
Full charge capacity (mAh): 5279
Health Information:
Cycle count: 286
Condition: Good
Battery Installed: Yes
Amperage (mA): 0
Voltage (mV): 11206
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AC Power:
System Sleep Timer (Minutes): 10
Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes): 10
Display Sleep Timer (Minutes): 10
Automatic Restart On Power Loss: No
Wake On AC Change: No
Wake On Clamshell Open: Yes
Wake On LAN: Yes
Display Sleep Uses Dim: Yes
Battery Power:
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Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes): 10
Display Sleep Timer (Minutes): 1
Wake On AC Change: No
Wake On Clamshell Open: Yes
Display Sleep Uses Dim: Yes
Reduce Brightness: Yes
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Manufacturer: DP
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PCB Lot Code: 0000
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Wake On Clamshell Open: Yes
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Display Sleep Uses Dim: Yes
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Disk Sleep Timer (Minutes): 0
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Manufacturer:    SMP
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PCB Lot Code:    0000
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