[sdiy] Potentiometer choice, will I regret it?

[Mattias Rickardsson]

At 15:35 2006-08-13, harry bissell wrote:
>Mattias Rickardsson wrote:
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>>www.allelectronics.com/cgi-bin/item/NDLP-10K
>>Does anybody have experience from pots like these?
>
>probably OK but how many rotations were you expecting in the lifetime
>If they are seldom used, they would prlly be ok. Heavy use, prlly not.

Good point... especially trimpots can sometimes be made to just last 
for a handful of adjustments, but as a panel pot I hope they will 
survive a little longer.

At 18:49 2006-08-13, mark verbos wrote:

>looks like the resonance pot in the 303.

Yes, except for... a bunch of things. ;-)

At 17:26 2006-08-13, Synth Monger wrote:

>I picked up about 50 or so of these a while back and they work 
>pretty decently. Definately worth the price.

Interesting. Have you used them a lot yet?
Btw, would you have a chance to measure their dimensions and shaft 
length/diameter? That would come in very handy for me.


/mr