Re: Pot resistance - 473 ?


"Peter Bennett" <peterbb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 13 Sep 2005 21:11:54 GMT, max-man@xxxxxxxxxxx (max-man) wrote:
>
>>I have a broken pot with 473 written on one side - is this 4.7K or 47K
>>? I always forget. :)
>>
>>
>>Thanks
>
> IF that is the value, then it is 47K - however, I don't think I've
> ever seen a pot of that value - pot values usually go 1, 2, 2.5, and
> 5, followed by some number of zeros.
>
> I suspect that 473 is (part of) the maker's model number, not the
> value.
>
>
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Peter,
47K is a pretty common pot.
Tom


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