Heated screen

[cerdad]

My cerb rear screen has stopped working because the tab has come off the screen still attached to the loom, i have been through to Araldite and Loctite and none of their produces is electrically conductive as well as adhesive .I have been suggested soldering but the screen could explode and superglue does not expland or contract with the heat of the screen and the sun and again could crack.
There is a paint from Halfords but is not and adhesive as i found out.
Help guys and girls

[Barkychoc]

Not a cheap option

http://uk.rs-online.com/web/search/searchBrowseAct...

Have you tried speaking to a windscreen company?

[cerdad]

Tried the windscreen companies,they dont fix them and could offer no alternative except a new screen .

[phillpot]

No idea if this would work but how about mixing a load of alluminium filings in with some Araldite and "hey presto" conductive glue !

[RedSpike66]

phillpot said:

No idea if this would work but how about mixing a load of alluminium filings in with some Araldite and "hey presto" conductive glue !

I too have suffered from this problem a couple of times now. I rang various glue manufacturers and basically even putting highly conductive fibres in a good glue will still not work because the glue is such a good insulator in nearly all products available....

Racing Green advertise a rear winscreen fix kit, but no idea whether it works !

I thought about heating the copper tab up and then applying solder to it and offering it up to the screen whilst it was still liquid, before it cooled..... but not had the bals to try it !!

[Barkychoc]

These are just down the road from me, no idea if they willhave anything.

http://www.waysideadhesives.com/index.php

[Barkychoc]

Or what about a small bit of carbon fibre - its conductive isn't it?

A wild guess I await flames on this one

[1Dog74]

Mine was broken when I purchased my Cerbera.

after a winter of no heated screen I did the following.

couple of drips of superglue to hold the tab in place, then with a soldering iron, slowly filled in around the tab.

Been fixed for months now and works perfect everytime it's asked to.

[KillerJim]

phillpot said:

No idea if this would work but how about mixing a load of alluminium filings in with some Araldite and "hey presto" conductive glue !

Ick! Get this wrong and your connection will get very hot (melt, fire, explode, etc.) Given it may be the weak link in a rather high current drawing circuit...

[markreilly]

Aren't you covered with glass insurance ? hint hint !

[Getsis]

liquid metal, or fast steel might do the trick. I'm sure my Dad used something like this to fix a horn tab on his classic car.

[E Ponym]

Have you thought of non-conductive glue (Araldite?) covered with conductive paint to provide a current path?

Russ

[cerdad]

Thanks guys , i have found some stuff in America called believe it or not"Electrically Conductive Rear Window Defogger Tab Adhesive " It is Permatex21351 and will be $12 so im going for it,oh its on Amazon .
Thanks again

[dnb]

This will most probably work.

http://uk.farnell.com/circuitworks/cw2400/adhesive...

[clive f]

dnb said:

This will most probably work.

http://uk.farnell.com/circuitworks/cw2400/adhesive...

hopefully you have some ready to fix mine Dave

[GT6k]

I had this problem so I used the adhesive from Farnel and it worked fine.

[dnb]

clive f said:

hopefully you have some ready to fix mine Dave

Might even have enough left to fix cerdad's demister too.