Old style trim pots

[Stuey]

Hi,

I'm refurbishing a 70's Onkyo tuner in which there are a number of those large style trimpots, with a footprint of about 10 mm x 12 mm (pure guess on these dimensions).

What do people use now to replace these? Or are they still available?

Cheers

Stuey

 

[Stuey]

I just re-read this and realised I'd been a bit vague. They are the horizontal type, open, with phenolic insulator and open metal wiper. The classic cheapo trimpot. But they're quite big.

I'm wondering if in repair, people are using a different type. I'm not sure of their power rating.

Cheers

Stuey

 

[Mooly]

I know the one's you mean. Very common in 70's gear. Are they dickey (loose rivets etc) or were you just after changing them to be sure. Worth taking them out and soaking in WD40 and keep spinning them round a few times. Other than that you will have to search the catalogues I'm afraid.
It's nice to do a good job though

 

[Stuey]

Hi Mooly,

Yeah, one's knackered. It's a 50K one and has a range of 1K to 2.5K or so (used as a variable resistor). I actually just realised today that they're even bigger than my estimates above.

I may just replace the broken one with a single turn cermet (sealed type).

Cheers

Stuey

 

[Mooly]

If it's duff there's no option really, it's just nice to keep things original. Is there enough "print and space between print" underneath so you could redrill new holes for new pots.

 

[Stuey]

Sorry, I'm not sure I know what you mean... ?

Cheers

Stu

 

[Mooly]

Could you re-drill new holes in the PCB to take new smaller pots so they fit properly and still solder to the original pads.

 

[dnsey]

Not quite whatyou're lookong for, I know, but would these be any good?