Flexible Flat Cable Repair

Cutting the damaged cable was easy.

Flexible flat cable repair.

There are two severe problems with flat flex cables you will need to replace this as repairs may not solve the issue the guage of the wires being 44 45 swg may be solderable under a microscope. Remember to route the jumper flat across the flex. Flexible flat cables are used in place of round cables for easy cable management especially in high flex applications. They usually take up less space than round cables often offering better emi rfi suppression and eliminating wire coupling issues.

So first point was to cut the damaged part but just the minimum length as the resulting cable would be shorter and remove the isolating layer. The other is the finger comb connectors of the lcd glass. Then on its tips there is a missing cover layer and on the other side a flexible plastic which is glued to the cable so it can be plugged. Also keep in mind that you should never use copper wire to repair flexes that need to move in the device for it will without doubt break.

The end of this keyboard cable was beyond repair but the commodore engineers were gracious enough to leave a bit of slack in this keyboard connector. I found out another flat flex trick a. I also made a video as i seem to see quite a few people with the same problem and thought that this might help. Get it as soon as sat sep 26.

Only 14 left in stock order soon. Hi i have been stuck on repairing my broken flex cable in my camcorder for ages but yesterday managed to rejoin the 4 broken wires in a flex cable. If the flex needs to bend somewhere on the way make sure the jumper wire is long enough. Measure the jumper to easily reach the pad you re going for.