I once got some alcohol switch cleaner on a membrane keyboard and it dessolved the whole membrane contacts (oops) I did manage to fix it though with fine wires glued to the membrane and electrical connections made from the wires to the carbon contacts made with silver conductive paint. The membrane pad is still working 20 years later.
regards Carl
On Mon, Oct 4, 2010 at 6:07 AM, Mike <mborish_2000@...> wrote:
Does anybody have suggestions for fixing a busted membrane ribbon cablefor a
Sequential Circuits Prophet 600? I don't think that mine ever worked right. When I got it from the
previous owner, I restored it from the dead and the ribbon cable was all chewed
up.
I cut off the tip of it to get fresh carbon contacts going into the socket but
that still didn't restore all functionality. Furthermore, when I cut off the
tip of it, I accidentally tore one of the carbon contacts while removing the
plastic sheath covering the thing.
Has anybody tried mounting the ribbon with a different socket? I was thinking
of creating some sort of elaborate connection with conductive pens/paste and
some epoxy.
Suggestions?