RE: Star Wars Potentiometer Part Request

I'll have to take a look and see if there is a RS replacement. I opened
the casing on the one in my machine and cleaned the contact and such.
It's better than it was but there is still a dead spot or two.

I will need a new one, so the hunt continues. I'll let y'all know what I
find at RS.

Thanks,

-Al-

> Al !
>
> I thought I read on here a while back that someone picked up a pot at
> Radio Shack? I seem to recall that the pot worked just fine but
> required some grinding down of the post because it was too long ?
> Don't know for sure and I haven't checked it out myself... Couldn't
> hurt to give your local one a call or check their catalog.
>
> Let us know if in fact this is the case.
>
> Steve
>
> At 01:00 AM 4/24/2003 -0500, you wrote:
>>Al,
>>
>>Try to shoot contact cleaner into the pot as best you can. Move it back
>> and forth while doing this. This has saved pots for me in the past. You
>> should really use potentiometer cleaner, but I've used contact cleaner
>> and it seems to work fine. Even though the pot is mostly sealed, some
>> of the cleaner will tend to get in there. This also would work on flaky
>> stereo controls, etc.
>>
>>Of course, if you are missing one all together, the cleaning wont work.
>>
>>JB
>>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Al Warner [mailto:Al@AlsArcade.com]
>>Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 7:48 AM
>>To: vectorlist@synthcom.com
>>Subject: VECTOR: Star Wars Potentiometer Part Request
>>
>>Hi Everyone,
>>
>>I really need at least 1 potentiometer for my Star Wars controller.
>> I've
>>just moved to Georgia and I'm planning on having a big house warming
>> party
>>in June. I'd really like the game to be playing right and it's just
>> started to respond badly. Does anyone have 1 or 2 of these that they
>> could sell me? Please respond to me directly at al@alsarcade.com.
>>
>>Thank You,
>>
>>-Al Warner-
>>http://www.alsarcade.com
>>
>>PS - Any GA residents who might want to attend the party (Cumming, GA)
>> please contact me. I need to meet some local game people.
>>
>>
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