Replacing 3 pin b203 potentiometer with 5 pin 203b

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Kneegroe

Joined Nov 1, 2016
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I have a broken 3 pin b203 potentiometer in a device. 1 and 2 were wired together and 3 was wired to a separate trace. how would I wire the 5 pin 203b in to replace the 3 pin potentiometer? I am trying to read up buto my brain cannot make sense of it. please spoon feed me the answer I am just a baby...
 

GopherT

Joined Nov 23, 2012
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A 5-PIn potentiometer is usually just a three pin pot with an on/off switch (connecting/disconnecting two pins that have nothing to do with the three pins that make up the potentiometer function.
 
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