[sdiy] Potentiometer suggestions.

[peff 2cv]

Hi,

Sorry, I had no to intention to rile up emotions with the chinese pots...

For the record, I have been to the factory myself and seen the work 
conditions and employees with my own eyes. If there was ANY child labour or 
mistreatment I would have no business with them. also understand these 
workers support a whole family in the countryside from where they usually 
come. It is a completely different standard of living we cannot direclty 
apply all our western values to.

Remember almost everything you use has SOME parts made in China. Avoiding it 
is like trying to suck in only oxygen molecules and filter out the nitrogen 
when you breathe...

regarding quality, we did several weeks of testing and unfortunately the 
engineers doing the testing are not with us anymore, and the tests are in 
Korean so not so easy for me to post. But we have thouands of products in 
the market worldwide that have never been RMA'd due to pots. Surely that has 
some value.

OK then I'll hoard the pots for myself :)

best regards,

Peff


>From: "R. D. Davis" <rdd at rddavis.org>
>To: peff 2cv <peff2cv at hotmail.com>
>CC: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
>Subject: Re: [sdiy] Potentiometer suggestions.
>Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2006 12:50:55 -0400
>
>Quothe peff 2cv, from writings of Sun, Sep 24, 2006 at 10:39:23AM +0000:
> > I have used Guanghua pots in my projects. Chinese manufactured but they 
>get
> > the same raw materials as Alpha from the same sources. We tested
> > extensively in our office with no noticible difference between Guanghua 
>and
> > Alpha.
>
>Of course, the money spent on Chinese manufactured pots goes to
>support communism and a government hostile to Europe, the U.K. and the
>U.S.
>
> > And... I got them for 10 CENTS each!
>
>Cheap, but you still get them at a great cost.  Not to mention the
>cheap slave labor involved in their manufacture.
>
> > If anyone is interested maybe arrange a group buy on these? Yes, they 
>have
> > to be ordered from China but for the price surface shipment is not much
> > more.
>
>No way.
>
> > So for the record, most distributors make a LOT of profit on pots!
>
> > >From: "Cole Groff" <chonald at gmail.com>
> > >My other idea is to go through Futurlec.  They have $0.50 pots, I
> > >think they are Alpha.  Have any of you ever used these, or know how
> > >they are?
>
>Those are miniature pots.  Smooth action, but much smaller
>(approximately half the size) than standard pots, and have smaller
>than 1/4" shafts as well.
>
>Robert
>
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