[marios_mar]

I bought a 10K pot but they gave me one with 3 lugs and not 6. Can i do my job with this or is it for mono only and not stereo.

The pot I ripped off a cd-rom drive is not easy to mount on a box and it has 5 lugs that i dont know what each one does neither do I know how to test them.

So can I connect the 3 legged pot somewhere or do i need 6 absolutely?

 

[dokebi]

The one with 3 pins are single. You will need a dual audio/log potentiometer which either has 6 or 8. Where are you from? Perhaps you can find a suitable one from RS.

 

[marios_mar]

I am not from the US but thanks anyway. Its an hours drive to a good electronics shop and i've going there a lot lately. dual 10k that is eh?

 

[guzzler]

the one with 5 has probably got a common ground connection. Attach your multimeter (set to resistance)to different pins and measure the changes when you trun the pot....

turning clockwise, the resistance should decrease between the input and output of one channel

turning clockwise will make the resistance increase between the ground and output

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[dokebi]

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I am not from the US but thanks anyway. Its an hours drive to a good electronics shop and i've going there a lot lately. dual 10k that is eh?

Yes but make sure its a log and not a linear potentiometer.

 

[marios_mar]

Could you please explain me what a log pot is because in my country we don't speak english and i cant just go and ask for a "log pot"
thanks

 

[MisterX]

Log pot = logarithmic potentiometer.

I have a few pots that I scabbed from old optical drives.
The pinouts for them goes something like this......................

 

[marios_mar]

thanks mister x that's what my pot looks like. Any ideas on how to mount it to the box and xow to make sch a hole for a wheel to come out. Mine is pretty thick too!

 

[PeterR]

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Originally posted by marios_mar Could you please explain me what a log pot is because in my country we don't speak english and i cant just go and ask for a "log pot" thanks

'Logarithm' was coined by John Napier from
'lógos' and 'arithmós', so I'd expect you to be fine in Greece