10k-Ohm Wheel Potentiometer

Comments about RadioShack 10k-Ohm Wheel Potentiometer:

Won't work with a breadboard. No useful tech specs.

Comments about RadioShack 10k-Ohm Wheel Potentiometer:

Pin pitch is 2mm (slightly smaller than 0.1"). Hardware Hacker is correct on pin-outs. Looking down on wheel with pins toward you, numbering left to right:
1. Common to Ground - CCW shorts to Ground
2. Wiper of R1
3. Wiper of R2
4. End of R2 - CW shorts to wiper
5. End of R1 - CW shorts to wiper

Comments about RadioShack 10k-Ohm Wheel Potentiometer:

Wow, I can believe that this was sold by Radio Shack. No diagrams (I am finding many shortcoming now, even with 2-3 wire LEDS that don't say anything). I think its because RS went to thin plastic annoying packages and hire people to just copy specs haphazardly. I miss the days when you actually got a SPEC SHEET from them!! A dual pot, no drawings, RS has lost it connection with us. I guess you have to be grateful its not given in its original foreign language from over seas. Thats next I'm sure.

Comments about RadioShack 10k-Ohm Wheel Potentiometer:

It works well, and I was glad it was available. Thankfully the other reviews gave me the information I needed to make an informed purchase. Are you listening Radio Shack? I had no idea this was a dual wipe pot and how the 5 pins were connected. Without the other reviews giving me what I needed to know, I would not have bought this. Please figure out what the "Tech Specs" tab is for. There was more technical information on the "product summary" tab. Overall, it worked for me, but I get so frustrated having to guess if the products on this site will meet my needs before I have to buy it and find out.

Comments about RadioShack 10k-Ohm Wheel Potentiometer:

How hard would it be to include a pinout, Radio Shack? In 40 years I've never seen a five pin potentiometer, so it wouldn't be asking too much to explain which pins do what. Sure, I could test a couple dozen possible combinations. But since this item is way way over priced, I figure the least you could do is document what you are selling. Sheesh.

Comments about RadioShack 10k-Ohm Wheel Potentiometer:

Thanks to Hardware Hacker for the pinouts. Part surface mounted perfectly for a Magnavox DVD player after flattening the pins. Unfortunately the dial was a bit small, so I had to glue the old dial on top and dremel the housing for a proper fit.

Comments about RadioShack 10k-Ohm Wheel Potentiometer:

Too bad that the people writing "Tech Specs" don't know technology. It would have been good to know such things like it is a dual pot, that it is log tapered, pin spacing, power rating, etc

Comments about RadioShack 10k-Ohm Wheel Potentiometer:

So the pin-out is well-described in another reviewer's comments, but I just wanted to stress that the pins are not spaced for breadboard use.

Comments about RadioShack 10k-Ohm Wheel Potentiometer:

I actually used the product many times as a volume attenuator in a homemade acoustic guitar piezo pickup, small speaker setup, and even for various LED (ranging from 4-6 VDC) projects as a dimmer.

This product works as it should and performed great, seems a bit pricey, but that's life sometimes. not too durable, one of them broke while desoldering but not bad any other way

Comments about RadioShack 10k-Ohm Wheel Potentiometer:

For those who wish there was more info about wiring up this thing, I got this with a meter and pencil and some deductive reasoning. It was easy once I found the 3 pins that showed 11, 11, and 22K (20% tolerance, ugh) in three combinations-- the two rails have a common endpoint. Of course by that time I'd tested every other combination twice already with the wiper at either end...

Place it with the pins pointing down and the 5-pin edge facing toward you. From left to right, the pins are:

1) Common (GND for audio use)
2) R1 Wiper (Out 1 for audio)
3) R2 Wiper (Out 2 for audio)
4) R2 End (In 2 for audio)
5) R1 End (In 1 for audio)