Hm, that sounds like a pot with a cracked element. It will have to be
replaced, unfortunately. You need to measure from the middle pot pin to
ground to see the -5 to +5 volts.
Crow
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On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 dizz@elitemofo.com wrote:
> Crow,
>
> After cleaning the pot out with some contact cleaner the problem has
> improved by appr. 50%. I believe it just hadn't been used in a while.
> I finally got a decent DMM and measured the voltage on the pot.
> However, I don't see any negative voltage unless I reverse the leads. It
> reads 0V at minimum and sweeps up to 9.92V at the max rotation. In the
> trouble spot, the meter reads "overload" briefly and quickly continues
> measuring correctly after resuming the rotation. Any suggestions would
> be greatly appreciated!
>
> dizz