[sdiy] Pot life specifications

[Tony Rolando]

You have to use reeeelly good pots to pass this test :)
Probably he uses this test on endless rotary encoders and the like...



Tony

Louis van Dompselaar wrote:
> 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.
>
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