OT: cleaning pots on my vintage audio amp

From: Ben Franchuk <bfranchuk_at_jetnet.ab.ca>
Date: Sun Feb 17 16:39:53 2002

Loboyko Steve wrote:
>
> IMHO, there is no substitute for simply disassembling
> a pot, cleaning it, and then reforming (the "nice"
> term for bending) the pot wiper to restore its spring.
> Most of the time inexpensive pots were put together
> with just bent tabs. I've brought 99% of bad pots on
> audio stuff and music synthesizers back to 100% useful
> life doing this. Laborious, but good if you can't
> easily replace 'em.
>
Antique Electronics Supply sells some nice ( but pricey $175)
stepped Attenuators. You can get your tubes too if it is real
vintage audio. www.tubesandmore.com

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