Macbook US plug converter power adapter charger

Hiya,
So I dropped my Macbook Pro charger a while ago and the plug end (that goes into the wall) has fallen apart.  I'm wondering if anyone knows where I can buy just that specific part in Canada?  I've looked on Amazon, but unsure since i've never really bought anything online before.  Thanks in advance!

Hi, Adrift. Your adapter ringlight should never flicker, period. If you don't have any other access to a known-good adapter, take your PB and adapter to a local Apple dealership and see whether they have a good PBG4 adapter with which you can perform a quick test. This used to be a simple matter when Powerbooks that used the same adapter as yours were still for sale and demonstrators were on display; it may be less convenient now that the MacBooks and MBPs use a different adapter. But many stores will still have good older adapters around for use in testing, and may let you use one for a few minutes at no charge. If it doesn't flicker, replace your adapter.
Do you have a good main battery in the Tibook? If so, and if your adapter is intermittently cutting out or losing voltage, I would expect the display and all other components of the PB to be powered by the battery during the split-second outages of power from the adapter, without any loss of data or function. If you have no main battery or a dead one, then even a momentary loss or diminution of power from the adapter carries high risks: of the loss of unsaved work in progress, and of directory corruption potentially leading to the loss of stored data.
I know nothing about the parameters that govern when or how quickly the battery takes over for the adapter or the adapter takes over again from the battery, but of course under normal circumstances, unplugging the adapter cable from the computer with a good battery in place carries no risk at all. So the switchover, at least in that direction, must be instantaneous. Perhaps it isn't as quick going the other way, and that may come into play in your situation. This is just speculation, though.
I can't tell you whether problems with your inverter board and/or backlight might be related to the adapter problem.

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