PowerBook Charger Broken

My PowerBook G4 (12" • PowerBook6,4) would not start. No reaction at al.
Tried to reset the PMU -- that did nothing.
I had just bought a replacement battery but even after being plugged in for a long time the battery LED lights on the back showed zero lights. The power charger indicator light was a strong amber. Couldn't figure out what was wrong until I tried a different power charger from another mac laptop I have. The G4 started right up.
Questions:
Can these power chargers go bad with time?
The charger indicator light shows a strong amber. So power seems to be on. Why is it not feeding power to the computer?
All for now.
Marc

Here's a link to a troubleshooting article:
http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1725
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