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failing wipers

I've had trouble with pots burning up the wipers before. Lose the wiper, you may lose current. If the pot is setting bias this can be disasterous. If a pot has to carry dc its best to use one that's way overrated for the application, and it can be a good idea to either parallel it with a fixed resistor or tie the wiper to one end of the pot to prevent a complete circuit failure.


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  • failing wipers - ottoamps 13:23:05 01/27/06 (0)


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