Chaps can anyone pls help me out here. Not knowing anything about this sort of stuff, I've been given a TP3116 amp which has a potentiometer snapped off. Assuming that is all that is wrong with it, I'd like to get a replacement soldered in but dont know what exactly I need to order. Anyone able to enlighten me?
(See.....I told you I knew very little about this stuff 🙂 )
Grateful for any assistance
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(See.....I told you I knew very little about this stuff 🙂 )
Grateful for any assistance
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The simplest, minimal cost approach would be to solder individual wires between the pot contact and the appropriate PCB contact. In this way you can prove whether the board works OK before further expenditure.
Thanks Yatsu, I thought of that but the pins seem to have broken off leaving virtually nothing to solder to
The broken pot is to control bass frequency, so you can solder links on the six PCB pins to either set it full on or full off, again to test the board.
If the board otherwise functions OK, then you can buy a replacement pot, which should be marked 10/50/100k etc.
If the board otherwise functions OK, then you can buy a replacement pot, which should be marked 10/50/100k etc.