[sdiy] Quetion on pot substitution

Theo t.hogers at home.nl
Tue Aug 28 01:16:08 CEST 2001


125k is quite close to 100k.
And in 99 out of hundred cases there will be no problem anyway, even if the
value differs a bit more.
A possible side effect could be a slightly altered input impedance, but this
is about the worse that may happen.
So go ahead and use them.

Theo



From: TooManySynths <p8051 at yahoo.com>

> Hi All,
>
> I am building/converting several projects for modular
> use and I have a question regarding pot values.
> Almost all schematics call for 100k linear pots on the
> cv inputs.  I have a boatload of 125k linear pots and
> was hoping to use them.  Specifically, how will this
> affect performance of cv inputs.
>
> Thanks
> Daryl
>
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