I'm trying to replace a 5 pin stereo (dual gang) pot from a pair of PC speakers with a new 6 pin pot for a project that I'm working on. The 5 pin pot is actually a six pin pot but it's sitting on a circuit board that appears to combine two of the six terminals, making five terminals that connect to the rest on the circuit (amplifier). I have not removed the original pot from the amplifier yet (5-wire flat ribbon cable) because I wasn't sure if it would be easier to figure out how to wire this thing if it's still connected. The 5/6 pins on the original pot are all in one straight line, not in two rows like you see on a typical 6 pin pot, which makes it difficult to determine which pins belong to each channel.
My question is, what two pins could be common on a dual gang pot since the original pot goes from 6 to 5 pins? Would it be ground, wiper etc? How would I test the original pot with a DMM to determine which pins are for which channel and, within each channel, which pin is the wiper, input, output etc.?
Thanks in advance for any help that you can provide.
My question is, what two pins could be common on a dual gang pot since the original pot goes from 6 to 5 pins? Would it be ground, wiper etc? How would I test the original pot with a DMM to determine which pins are for which channel and, within each channel, which pin is the wiper, input, output etc.?
Thanks in advance for any help that you can provide.