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Philco 16B noise suppression circuit pot
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08-16-2014, 05:44 PM
Does anyone know off hand the wattage of the #82 pot? It is 10K,it's bad and I have not powered the set yet to calculate it.

http://www.nostalgiaair.org/PagesByModel...013139.pdf
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08-16-2014, 06:44 PM
Look like the original is probably a 2 Watt wirewound?

Under normal operation, the pot dissipates only 0.16 Watt, but at turn on its quite a bit more. Before all the tubes heat up, there is almost 500 V across the voltage divider, and the pot is subject to about 100 V. Calculating the power (100 x 100 / 10000 ), it is 1 Watt under those conditions, so to be conservative I would go with a 2 Watt replacement
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08-16-2014, 07:10 PM
That 's great. I have already ordered 5W, but was not sure. The original is wire wound. The new one will fit nicely.
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