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Subject: Re: SDS7 battery

From: hr.public@...
Date: 2016-04-16

Thanks Rich!

As far as I can see 5k Alpha pots from Tayda will also fit. But with wrongshaft length and dimension.

I also got a tip off list to visit Kessler electronic. They do stock 4k7 pots withcorrect shaft 4x32mm. But sadly only in Log scale. Great for a volume control,but not so much for sensitivity adjustments.

 

I guess forcost reason Simmons used Linear pots in both position. That’s why all the volumecontrols feels like they’re broken with only a very short useable scale at theend.

 

Of course Icould move the Lin volume pot to the trigger position, but then I will eager tomodify all my voice cards to have Logarithmic volume pots.

Actuallythis is a worthy modification if local volume control is needed in ones setup.But doing so it would make sense to use better quality potentiometers than these.Even those 0.5$ Alpha pots at Tayda are smother and better quality than what’sused in the SDS7.