In Reply to: Maaate ... well done! :-)) (I'm too chicken!) nt posted by andyr on March 17, 2007 at 01:57:00:
I have successfully repaired a 3.5 ribbon (but replaced the tweeter afterwards anyway, because Magnepan makes it cheap) which was broken at the upper terminal tie down.I simply cut a piece of aluminum foil, after lightly abraiding it with fine sandpaper, to "extend" the ribbon and bonded it to the original with conductive silver epoxy. You need to clean both sides with alcohol and use a very small amount of silver epoxy with a small overlap. Once cured, you can stick it onto the new piece of double sided tape and under the termial tie down.
Works well, particularly for terminal connections, since it is out of the magnetic gap and would not be subject to fatigue. But since in the States a new ribbon is $100, it is probably a moot point for most users.
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Follow Ups
- Another Easy Option - Dimitry 10:47:38 03/17/07 (3)
- Why not just use a wire with clips at the end - lwang 21:23:22 03/18/07 (2)
- Re: Why not just use a wire with clips at the end - Dimitry 17:11:51 03/19/07 (1)
- In my case, it would be a new tweeter for my cat to shred (nt) - lwang 20:40:59 03/19/07 (0)