Power charging works at random

Charging works randomly. By this, I mean the amber light does not come on. I turn it over, straighten the cable, unplug, replug, and finally it might work. When it does go amber, it does charge the macbook air, but the power supply is wack. I want to bring the power supply into Apple, but I know it's going to work as soon as they test it.
Any confirmations on bad brand new power chargers for airbook?

Doug Bassett wrote:
Any confirmations on bad brand new power chargers for airbook?
No confirmation from me, but I suggest bringing it in.

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yogkoli wrote:
Hi,
I am using a hp dv6000 series laptop for last 2 years.... Accidentally, water fell on my laptop and then my laptop itself fell down from the table.
One the first day when I tried restarting it there was no response ( No power LED no display nothing, no cpu fan etc ...)
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The problem is :
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Currently because of display problem... I am using the (RDP) windows remote desktop connection from an another laptop to access the desktop.... I logged on from another laptop and checked that all the internal harware parts are working fine.
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