04-10-2012, 09:01 PM
Terry,
The last suggestion (wire backwards) was my knee-jerk reaction.
Two cons: 1) the way pot is soldered to the chassis is through a riveted GND contact; wiring backward will be awkward. 2) Exactly what you said - counter-intuitive.
As for rubbing a pencil lead, it is an old technique of fixing potmeters, which I used in my young years (long time ago), but it did not last long enough. If there only were some simple process of graphite application the way they do it at the factory. How do they do it? So it actually bonds?
The last suggestion (wire backwards) was my knee-jerk reaction.
Two cons: 1) the way pot is soldered to the chassis is through a riveted GND contact; wiring backward will be awkward. 2) Exactly what you said - counter-intuitive.
As for rubbing a pencil lead, it is an old technique of fixing potmeters, which I used in my young years (long time ago), but it did not last long enough. If there only were some simple process of graphite application the way they do it at the factory. How do they do it? So it actually bonds?
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