[sdiy] Pot life specifications

[Louis van Dompselaar]

Won't rotating a pot 360 degrees kill it in one single revolution  
anyway?


> It's quite easy to get an indication of how good the pot (or  
> encoder) life
> is by this method;
> 1. Take a pot and hold it in a vice with the shaft exiting upward.
> 2. Using a retort stand or other method, suspend a dill above the  
> pot, on
> axis, and with the pot shaft in the drill chuck.
> 3. Start the drill and leave to run for 10,000 revolutions or more.
> 4. Mechanical wear can be additionally simulated by having the drill
> slightly off axis causing an additional wobble.