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Solution for dead and dying Bretford carts

I teach 7th grade social studies at a middle school in SC with 360 iTouches and more than 100 iPads. We use what I believe is the first generation Bretford cart to charge and sync groups of 40 (20 per drawer). At the beginning of the year one of our carts simply had no power to either drawer. I have followed the trouble shooting tips of plugging and unplugging power supply cables. I even replaced the main power supply cable with a cart that was functioning. The only "electrical" components appear to be where the USB cables gather inside the drawer and a junction box that splits the power for the two drawers.


I am looking for suggestions for repair or replacement.


The warranty is out on the cart and Bretford's suggestion is to ship it back to them. That does not make a lot of sense. Currently, I am using four brand new 12-port usb hubs to charge and sync our dead cart. But these have already started having issues. I am getting error messages that sycning and charging are not supported on the device.


Does anyone have any suggestions for either repairing the Bretford cart or a proven, reliable replacement?

iPod touch, iOS 5.1.1, Bretford Cart

Posted on Aug 26, 2012 8:42 AM

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User profile for user: ReaderTeacher
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Nov 6, 2013 11:49 AM in response to fkinnett

I cannot find the solution to this Bretford cart in the forum; can someone direct me to the answer? I have a similar problem but it specifically is related not to the power to the cart but to the USB cable going to the lower drawer which apparently was torn by a user (it has only one end with the USB connection; the other is torn wire). I need to replace it but don't know if this is possible. Does anyone know? There is no obvious way to take the cart apart to even get to the metal "box" in the drawer where the other end of the USB cable would go. Any suggestions?

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