[sdiy] electrical problems with panel pots/electrical tape

[Dan Snazelle]

thanks for all the help

a few of the reasons i use these holes.

1. i can fit more pots per panel if i break off the tabs (the tabs make the pots much taller/wider depending on how they are turned. i like to fit a lot of pots on a small panel (frac)
2. the holes are really easy to solder with...just stick the wire in and drop solder on it.
3.i guess its a bad habit i picked up when i first started using pots and did not know any better.

of course a few people on here have given me good solutions. i will probably take the one persons advice who said that he BENDS the pins out (so the space issue is overcome) and solder straight to them.








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> Date: Thu, 25 Sep 2008 14:05:31 -0600
> To: tom at electricdruid.net; synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> From: ijfritz at comcast.net
> Subject: Re: [sdiy] electrical problems with panel pots/electrical tape
> CC:
>
> At 01:33 PM 9/25/2008, Tom Wiltshire wrote:
>>Sorry Dan, but I think I've got to agree with Graham. This is
>>principally a problem of your own making.
>>
>>I use the 16mm alpha pots the way that they were intended (eg PCB
>>mounted, 90 degrees to the board) and I've never had any problems
>>with them shorting.
>>
>>Couldn't you just solder the wires to the back of the tags once
>>you've broken the PCB pins off?
>
> Doesn't one usually crimp and solder to the pcb terminals? (The holes are
> mounting rivets.)
>
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