Re: cheap 5K linear pots found!

Ooops (duh). Those are 5W not 5K :P

Try the following instead:
http://www.jameco.com/cfm/viewdesc.cfm?part_num=29196

-roy-

----- Original Message -----
From: chumblespuzz <chumblespuzz@home.com>
To: <vectorlist@lists.cc.utexas.edu>
Sent: Saturday, November 20, 1999 7:39 AM
Subject: Re: cheap 5K linear pots found!

> That seems to be a 1K pot. Try these:
>
> http://www.jameco.com/cfm/viewdesc.cfm?part_num=140513
> http://www.jameco.com/cfm/viewdesc.cfm?part_num=140521
>
> -roy-
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Teaganm <teaganm@yahoo.com>
> To: <vectorlist@lists.cc.utexas.edu>
> Sent: Saturday, November 20, 1999 6:24 AM
> Subject: 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 07:51:52 1999