Re: Looking for a potentiometer for restoration project

2021-01-19 Thread Wayne S via cctalk
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

Re: Looking for a potentiometer for restoration project

2021-01-19 Thread Wayne S via cctalk
Out of curiosity, why do you think the pot is bad? Wayne Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 19, 2021, at 14:28, Ali via cctalk wrote: > >  >> >> For a workaround: >> >> 1. Solder any same size pot with suitable long wires to the location >> (if possible) >> 2. Adjust the brightness to Your liki

RE: Looking for a potentiometer for restoration project

2021-01-19 Thread Ali via cctalk
> > 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

RE: Looking for a potentiometer for restoration project

2021-01-19 Thread Ali via cctalk
> 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