Hi Folks,
I got a cheap product with a dud potentiometer, the potentiometer is the speed control for a lathe. I am not an electronics person but I did (at the time when it failed) look at the rear of it and it's a 2w 4K7 unit. I searched online and could see 5ohm potentiometer versions, and I checked (via google) that the 5ohm part could be used and it seemed to be OK. Sometime passed (to today) and I bought a part having forgotten the previous research ( I suffer with some memory issues). Everything is the same on the part I ordered today except it's 10ohm. My questions are;
1. Will the 10ohm part work where previously a 4K7 part was used?
2. Do I need to add a component to make the 10 ohm part work? or,
3. Do I need to discard the part bought today for a different part?
Here's a link to the potentiometer I purchased today: https://au.rs-online.com/web/p/potentiometers/7377650
Or...
Should I just fit the potentiometer that I bought today and see if it works?
Thanks
Flam
I got a cheap product with a dud potentiometer, the potentiometer is the speed control for a lathe. I am not an electronics person but I did (at the time when it failed) look at the rear of it and it's a 2w 4K7 unit. I searched online and could see 5ohm potentiometer versions, and I checked (via google) that the 5ohm part could be used and it seemed to be OK. Sometime passed (to today) and I bought a part having forgotten the previous research ( I suffer with some memory issues). Everything is the same on the part I ordered today except it's 10ohm. My questions are;
1. Will the 10ohm part work where previously a 4K7 part was used?
2. Do I need to add a component to make the 10 ohm part work? or,
3. Do I need to discard the part bought today for a different part?
Here's a link to the potentiometer I purchased today: https://au.rs-online.com/web/p/potentiometers/7377650
Or...
Should I just fit the potentiometer that I bought today and see if it works?
Thanks
Flam