"Franc Zabkar" wrote in message
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| It's not a zebra elastomer connection. The copper traces of the flex
| cable bear directly against the copper traces of the PCB. The two are
| retained with some kind of glue. It's a very peculiar and IMO very
| poor connection method. In fact, I've seen more adhesive on a postage
| stamp.
| On closer inspection some of the printed copper traces on the flex
| lead have delaminated. It appears this job is a lost cause. :-(

I'd say so. I only see two choices, fix it, which may not be possible, or
replace it with something else. Depends on how much time and effort you want
to put into the task and how much value you will get for it.

You could start collecting the dead ones and use them as a garden border.

NM