Just for clarification, a pot has 3 tabs. Ohmeter measuring across the 2 “end”
tabs should indicate the total resistance of the pot (10k, 50k, 500k ohms,
whatever the schematic says). If the measurement is infinite then the
potentiometer is open broken. If you get that reading, you might want to
Out of curiosity, why do you think the pot is bad?
Wayne
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> On Jan 19, 2021, at 14:28, Ali via cctalk wrote:
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>> For a workaround:
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>> 1. Solder any same size pot with suitable long wires to the location
>> (if possible)
>> 2. Adjust the brightness to Your liki
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> Out of curiosity, why do you think the pot is bad?
>
> Wayne
>
Wayne,
I could be totally wrong here (EE definitely was not my major) but
1. Turning the pot does not change the brightness of the screen at all
2. Measuring the pot and adjusting it (i.e. turning the knob) gives me a
constan
> For a workaround:
>
> 1. Solder any same size pot with suitable long wires to the location
> (if possible)
> 2. Adjust the brightness to Your liking
> 3. Remove the pot
> 4. Measure the resistance
> 5. Solder a measured value resistor where the pot was.
>
> This way You get a fixed brightness a
Hello All,
I am looking for an EOL/no longer manufactured pot. It is a Clarostat
CM46895-3 and used to adjust the back light/brightness on a Compaq Portable
486c (pictures are here:
http://www.vcfed.org/forum/showthread.php?78057-Compa-Portable-486c-can-not-
adjust-screen-brightness). Because of t
