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8th Mar 2021, 1:40 pm | #1 |
Diode
Join Date: Mar 2021
Location: Harlech, Gwynedd, Wales, UK.
Posts: 2
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Old Potentiometer repair
I am trying to restore a potentiometer from a Sony HP211A , which is a concentric stereo volume control with loudness tap. The pot has been damaged , maybe bent sllghtly or glued , and the two halves wouldn't turn independently so I took it apart. Unfortunately I assumed a standard construction and was concentrating on getting the shafts separated and didn't notice it was put together with two copper pieces positioned somehow along with the wiper, and I'm a bit stumped as to exactly how and where the two small bits of copper fit. Presumably they are centre-detent springs? . If anyone can point me to a drawing or photos that would be great , I've had a good google with no luck so far .I have the wiper back in place ok but not the next bit.
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8th Mar 2021, 2:25 pm | #2 |
Dekatron
Join Date: Jun 2013
Location: East Sussex, UK.
Posts: 3,315
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Re: Old Potentiometer repair
They probably act as a clutch so the two sections can be turned as one but can be separately adjusted if necessary. There’s no need for a centre detent on a volume control,usually only used with balance or tone controls.
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8th Mar 2021, 2:39 pm | #3 |
Dekatron
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Oxford, UK.
Posts: 17,820
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Re: Old Potentiometer repair
...unless they're part of a system to give a pseudo-switched attenuator feel, i.e. a clicky rather than smooth rotaion?
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8th Mar 2021, 10:39 pm | #4 |
Pentode
Join Date: Mar 2019
Location: Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK.
Posts: 166
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Re: Old Potentiometer repair
do they not sit on the flats of the inner shaft to provide drag between the two shafts so they can turn together, a clutch as has been mentioned
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11th Mar 2021, 8:27 pm | #5 |
Diode
Join Date: Mar 2021
Location: Harlech, Gwynedd, Wales, UK.
Posts: 2
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Re: Old Potentiometer repair
Thanks for responses , I think there may have been a clutch and perhaps why the pot was binding - anyway I dispensed with them and it works fine.
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