Rhodes Chroma Polaris

Tonight after opening up my Polaris to check out the appearance of my  
batteries, I noticed that after closing it back up suddenly, the "A"  vertical row 
of membranes is out. I opened it back up, poked that little cheap  plasticky 
ribbon connector, and now suddenly my "C" row of membranes is out, as  well as 
my "upper function" vertical row.  Has anyone had this happen  before, and if 
so, is it because of cracking of one of those little plastic  ribbon 
connectors??  Anyone know where you can get a replacement/substitute  for those two 
connectors? (if indeed that's what it would be)  My Polaris  functioned perfectly 
before that. Looks like I opened up a can of worms.  :)
thanks,
-Richard

If you need it serviced, I have good success doing a retro mod to fix
the bad ribbon in these.  If a person is very careful and
electromechanically savvy they can probably pull it off.  But I'm in
Montana and fedex only costs 20 some bucks just to send it.  I can
usually do the work and reship it so you are out a total of 100 bucks
or something close.  If it's all turned to dust we might have to pull
it all out and hardwire stuff which is a little more. -Bob
--- In chromapolaris@yahoogroups.com, Astraeus000@... wrote:
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> Tonight after opening up my Polaris to check out the appearance of my  
> batteries, I noticed that after closing it back up suddenly, the "A"
 vertical row 
> of membranes is out. I opened it back up, poked that little cheap 
plasticky 
> ribbon connector, and now suddenly my "C" row of membranes is out,
as  well as 
> my "upper function" vertical row.  Has anyone had this happen 
before, and if 
> so, is it because of cracking of one of those little plastic  ribbon 
> connectors??  Anyone know where you can get a replacement/substitute
 for those two 
> connectors? (if indeed that's what it would be)  My Polaris 
functioned perfectly 

> before that. Looks like I opened up a can of worms.  :)
> thanks,
> -Richard
>

Thanks much, I will definitely keep you in mind for the fix.  It seems  that 
my upper functions are working now, but its just a matter of time before I  
need to open it up or move it around and I imagine bad things will happen. It  
looked like tiny white cracks in the plastic, right in the middle of the  
connecter at the point that it bends/curves. Might I dare to try some  silver 
conductive ink on it?  maybe not.... then Id have to open it  again....

Yup sounds like the standard thing.  It'll intermittenly work/not work
for quite a while sometimes.  -Bob
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