Does this mean that the pots for the MOTM-800's came in?
Paul Schreiber wrote:
> From: ?Paul Schreiber? ?synth1@...?
>
> The Spectrol pots are being re-tooled for Y2K. So here is a head's up!
>
> First, the leads are longer. If you have built a MOTM-800, the Bourns
> pots
> (the blue ones) have the longer leads. The new Spectrol leads are
> 0.650 long
> and slightly thinner than the Bourns (which are quite stiff!).
>
> Second: I may be switching to Series 148, which are conductive plastic
>
> elements
> (as opposed to cermet) for *some, not all* cases. Cermet is #1 for
> temperature stability,
> but has a shorter rotational life (by 4X) that CP. CP is also somewhat
>
> quieter, for
> applications like audio attenuation. The log pots on the '420 are CP.
> The
> Bourns pots
> are all CP.
>
> I do not want to revise all the docs at this time, having just spent
> $390 on
> printing.
> So, if you see a 148 part instead of of 149, *DON'T PANIC*.
>
> Third: Spectrol changed the body to be 1 piece molded for all new
> 148/149
> orders.
>
> Lastly: The 148 CP pots will have a *lower rotational torque*,
> somewhere
> between the 'tight'
> 149 and the 'looser' Bourns pots. But it's actually ?smoother? to me
> than
> the 149.
>
> Sadly: They raised the prices about 80 cents per pot. So, future
> module
> pricing will reflect this.
>
> I have about 600 of the current 149 cermet pots. The 148s will appear
> in
> about 3 months. Just
> covering this today as I run around in a panic placing orders (12 week
> lead
> times!!)
>
> Paul S.
>
>
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