[sdiy] Glass Fiber Potentiometer Element

[Steve Maietta]

Perhaps they are talking about the board that the resistive element is printed on. fiberglass pcb material..
~Steve

--- On Tue, 10/26/10, Tom Wiltshire <tom at electricdruid.net> wrote:

> From: Tom Wiltshire <tom at electricdruid.net>
> Subject: Re: [sdiy] Glass Fiber Potentiometer Element
> To: "Graham Atkins" <gatkins at blueyonder.co.uk>
> Cc: "Synth-DIY DIY" <Synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
> Date: Tuesday, October 26, 2010, 7:06 AM
> Might they be talking about the shaft
> rather than the element?
> 
> I can see that GRP might be a sensible material for a
> potentiometer shaft.
> 
> T.
> 
> On 26 Oct 2010, at 11:54, Graham Atkins wrote:
> 
> > No, carbon, ceramic (cermet) or plastic but I'm not
> aware of glass fibre.
> > 
> > Maybe a problem with the "chinglish" language.
> > 
> > Graham
> > 
> > On 26 Oct 2010, at 11:14, Tom Bugs wrote:
> > 
> >> Hi,
> >> 
> >> Has anyone heard of using Glass Fiber elements in
> Pots?
> >> 
> >> I've been chatting with SongHuei where I get my
> pots and looking at some 'Master Series' sliders.
> >> Initially the online specs stated that the
> elements would be Conductive Plastic with life cycle of
> c.300,000, but now by email they've said they'd be Glass
> Fiber.
> >> Google didn't come up with any further info on
> such elements, so I thought I'd ask at the fountain of
> knowledge!
> >> 
> >> Cheers,
> >> Tom
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