[sdiy] UK source for cheap splined pots

[Seb Francis]

Colin f wrote:

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>>It's a bit annoying that the ones ESR sell are 5mm longer longer than 
>>the ones from Rapid (in other ways they look identical). Not 
>>a problem 
>>to cut them down for small quantities I guess.
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>Are you sure ?
>I've bought from ESR before, and they were 20mm shaft length, exactly the
>same as Rapid.
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I was going by the diagram in ESR's PDF catalog.  It shows the length 
from the shoulder of the bush (i.e. the bit that sits against the inside 
of the panel) to the end of the shaft as being 25mm.  This length is 
20mm on the ones I have here from Rapid.

>15mm shaft length are better, since they'll let the Rean soft-touch knobs
>(and similar) sit flush with a panel, but I've only found them at Taiwan
>Electronics with the 1k MOQ.
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I agree, would be even better if they were 15mm, but unfortunatly 1K is 
way more than I need for this little project I've got going on!

>BTW you can find the datasheets for the full Alpha range here:
>http://www.taiwanalpha.com/en/product.htm
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Thanks.

Seb