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Does anyone have any advice on how to make homemade conductive paint to fix a cracked carbon trace in a game controller? (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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It's the trace going towards the mode button, so I'm pretty sure resistance won't exactly be critical over a ~3mm gap, as long as it recognizes when the plunger button is pressed down.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Copper foil tape

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Isn't that only good to block radio frequencies and other interference? Isn't the adhesive still an insulator?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Most copper tape i've seen has conductive adhesive

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

This is interesting and good to know. I'll try to keep this in mind whenever I get ready to set up shop to finish fixing it, I do have a couple busted phones around and should be able to find a section of copper tape in one of them. 👍

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You'll have a bad time with used copper tape. Just like why it isn't advised to reuse any other kind of tape (duct, packaging, electrical)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago

Hey I hear you there.

I'm still game to give it a try though. Besides, whatever fix I end up going with, I'm still going to cover over that with brand new Kapton tape to protect it.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Worked well to fix my instrument panel in the dashboard of my old truck.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'll keep that in mind for future experimental reference, but as of right now I don't have any handy.

Thanks for the advice though 👍

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

For sure! It was pretty cheap but Idk if it will do it for you when its all said and done. Good lick