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RE: [chromapolaris] Re: Slider?

2017-04-01 by Paul D. DeRocco

> From: harvey_d <hdk2000hdk@...
> 
> I bought these:
> 10K SLIDE POT Linear Potentiometer Slider ALPS - AUS STOCK | 
> eBay 
> <http://www.ebay.ca/itm/10K-SLIDE-POT-Linear-Potentiometer-Sli
> der-ALPS-AUS-STOCK-/171938235766?hash=item2808514576:g:nn8AAOS
wVL1V-0uK> 
> Good fit to the PCB, but the posts are shorter than the 
> proper ones. If I bought new membranes, I'd go for the proper 
> size, but since my membranes already don't look great, the 
> short ones are okay (the slider caps rub barely/slightly onto 
> the membrane).

How much shorter? Would it be possible to put a spacer between the body and the board to lift the slider up, and have the slider pins still reach the pads?

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Ciao,               Paul D. DeRocco
Paul                mailto:pderocco@...

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