[sdiy] goop out of a pot

[John Blacet]

--Possibly the smoke is the carbon element burning up due to high
current/short. That would smell like burning bakelite--very simialr to
burned up resistor. That heated up the lube and out it drooled!

If the pot was not under power at the time, I would wonder if your
soldering iron has an AC short--this would be dangerous to you as well as
the pot!

> When wiring up a pot (Alpha) the other night there was a little extra
> puff of smoke.  When I tested my work the pot didn't work at all.  I
> removed it from the panel and there was some clear, thin oily-type stuff
> that had apparently come out of it.
>
> I'm guessing it's the lube from the pot?
>
> Is this just a bad pot or is there something I did?  AFAIK I didn't
> touch anything besides the wiring connectors with the iron...
>
> Drew
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-- 
John Blacet