gasket 10 of the present invention specifically as will be appreciated by those skilled in the art an electrical connector 37 may be used to connect the second tab 18 of an upstream gasket to the terminal 32 of a downstream gasket to provide a serial connection of heater elements in this manner any number of grounding sealant gaskets 10 may be electrically coupled in series to suit a specific application it should be appreciated that the conductor plate 22 is a current carrying member and as such care must be taken to provide an appropriate cross sectional area to deliver current while preventing undesirable self heating as shown in fig1 a parallel path is provided as illustrated by arrows 36 thereby increasing the amount of current that the conductor plate 22 may transfer however in this configuration it is preferred that the lengths of the respective parallel current paths remain the same to equalize the resistance within the paths and subsequently the self heating within the conductor with the above concerns in mind the preferred embodiment of the present invention includes a 0 060 inch thick conductor plate 22 for passing the current mechanical sealing and electrical insulation are provided by.