nakedzen Posted April 24, 2021 Report Share Posted April 24, 2021 Just completed my second build ever, but ran into a snag. I have a CTS 250K pot for volume, and followed this diagram. The volume atcs really weird, never had this happen before. From full on to half way down, it acts as regular volume from 10 to 0. At halfway it's volume off. Then after halfway it's back to full on, the whole way from middle to zero pos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curtisa Posted April 24, 2021 Report Share Posted April 24, 2021 Probably just a faulty pot. Can happen sometimes. I'd just replace it if it were me. They're not exactly the sort of component that you can overhaul and get working when they go bad, and for the few dollars a new one goes for it's generally not worth the effort. If you have a multimeter there are some rudimentary tests you can do to check it, but by and large all you're doing is just confirming the suspicion that it is faulty. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nakedzen Posted April 24, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 24, 2021 Yeah that was my suspicion as well, already ordered before making this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nakedzen Posted April 25, 2021 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2021 Swapped in a new 250K CTS pot that I had laying around, this one was completely dead from the start. Looking around with google seems that CTS quality control has gone down the toilet in the past 5 years. Oh well, I already have a third one in the mail, we'll see if third time's the charm or if I have to for Bourns or Alpha pots in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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