Re: cheap 5K linear pots found!

Gregg,
Jameco has 5K 2W linear pots for ~ $3.00. Check out this link
http://www.jameco.com/cfm/viewdesc.cfm?part_num=123959 Are we talking
about the same animal?

Steve

--- Gregg Woodcock <woodcock@fastlane.net> wrote:
> As most of you probably know, the 5K potentiometers used in the SW/ESB
> yokes
> (as well as many driving games' steering wheels and brake pedals and
> some
> analog joysticks such as Space Lords) frequently wear out. For those of
> you
> who are thinking, "no problem; pots are available everywhere for a buck
> or
> so..." GUESS AGAIN!!! What you normally find out in the "real world"
> are
> "audio taper" pots which have a logrithmical resistance scale because
> the
> human ear hears "funny"; the amplitude/decibels to perceived volume
> relationship is not linear.
>
> Why does this matter? Well it is very, very, very hard to find
> reasonably
> price linear pots since they aren't used for hardly anything. 99.99999%
> of
> pots are used in audio applications. The bottom line is that an ATP
> costs
> about $1 but a linear pot has always cost over $20 from any place I have
> ever found. Well I just found an electronic store near me which has
> them
> for $10!!! If you need any of them at this price just let me know and
> if
> you know of a cheaper place to get them, let us all know that, too.
>
>

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Received on Sat Nov 20 05:24:24 1999