[sdiy] Vertical PCB Mount Pots (With panelmount)... Any options?!

[Matthias Herrmann]

> -----Ursprungliche Nachricht-----
> > yeah, the legs of common 16mm alphas are too short to bend them in
> > direction of the pots body. so the only way would be to bend them in
> > direction of the shaft and mount the pot upside-down. then one
> > would have to drill a large hole for the potentiometers shaft to go
> > right through the PCB. however, I believe the shaft and thread of the
> > common alpha pot (with 15mm shaft) will then not be long enough to
> > mount the PCB to the panel...
> > I think I have seen this method somewhere, alas, I can't remember what
> > project it was...
>
> ...but Alpha makes proper parallel-mount pots: RV16AF-41.  The
> flat back of
> the pot ends up sitting on top of the PCB (or just a smidgen above it).
>

i know. i just tried to anticipate and transfer mike's suggestion to the
common right angle 16mm alphas many people seem to use. should have been
clearer to that.

BTW i use these:
http://www.song-huei.com.tw/product.php?mode=show&cid=83&pid=325

cheers,
matthias
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