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Re: SDS7 battery, schematic, theoretical functionality and some rambling

2016-04-16 by hr.public@...

Thanks Rich!

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

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

 

I guess for cost reason Simmons used Linear pots in both position. That’s why all the volume controls feels like they’re broken with only a very short useable scale at the end.

 

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

Actually this 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’s used in the SDS7.

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