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Cheap pot's found in ebay

Discussion in 'Electronic and hardware generally' started by mrbeginner, May 3, 2015.

  1. mrbeginner

    mrbeginner Active Member Gold Contributor

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    I found these on ebay and thinking to maybe order them on next project. Only thing that i don't see are they linear?

    http://www.ebay.com/itm/Russian-Mil...656?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3cf63c2198
    mrbeginner, May 3, 2015
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    RacingMat Well-Known Member Gold Contributor

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    hum, they are not cheap 11$! for old russian stuff

    Wounded pot may be fine (some are fine) or not (jumps of values between position)...
    Cermet pot are perfect :)
    RacingMat, May 3, 2015
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  3. mrbeginner

    mrbeginner Active Member Gold Contributor

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    The price is for 10pcs of pot's so then they are cheap.
    mrbeginner, May 4, 2015
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    Why spend all the time, efforts, money to build a nice sim and then use cheap pots that in most cases will let you down very often. IMHO, it's like putting recapped tires on a new Mercedes.

    Good Luck,

    Tom
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    cthiggin, May 4, 2015
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    +1 Cheap pots yield Cheap results. Spend a few $$ on quality pots and you'll NEVER want to run Cheapo Wire wounds ever again.
    Nick Moxley, May 5, 2015
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    I got quality cermet pot's from vishay for 7 euro's...

    It is one of the most important parts of your sim
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    Mitchell, Jun 1, 2015
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    I have had Hall effect pots on mine for 9 months and have not had to replace one yet. Bit more costly but a quality product
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    SilentChill, Jun 1, 2015
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    These are wire-based resistors, so their resolution is awfull.
    Den Krutko, Jun 22, 2015
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