[sdiy] allen bradley pots

[mark verbos]

I am looking for a PCB mount pot. Where the PCB mounts horizontal to the 
panel. I guess i should have specified that. The ones you mentioned seem 
to be solder lug models. Maybe I don't understand their website.

mark

harry wrote:

>If they were the metal can types... they would be Allen Bradley type J...
>a 1.25" diameter industrial model.
>
>The black plastic ones with the lead config you mention were the Allen
>Bradley
>"Mod Pots"... a line that had interchangable elements and could be had in up
>to
>4-gang configurations. These were the highest quality (and price) units.
>They are about  5/8" square.
>
>Clarostat owns the products now...
>
>H^) harry
>
>mark verbos wrote:
>
>>Are Allen Bradley pots totally extinct? Were they the highest quality to
>>use in the 70s? I am looking at docs for some Buchla stuff and I think
>>he used them,I know they were totally expensive, so I'm betting he did.
>>
>>There was some pot that had mounting brackets built into the body. These
>>held the circuit board.
>>The pins were in a triangle shape. i.e. the wiper was further from the
>>pot shaft than the other 2 were.
>>Sound familiar to anyone?
>>
>>Just curious. Maybe I'll use something else.
>>
>>mark
>>
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