Hi All,

I only read this after my reply to loose connecter, but had excactly the same problem and the repair was also done with soldering. As I said previously it is now workin fine.

Thank you for this information, I was on my way to buy a new heatpad when I read this. Also being in the electronic repair business I opened it for the 2nd time and noticed that the one contact was totally melted. I couldnt even remove it. I cleaned it and soldered it. Now a perm fixture. Needless t...