Lin or log

[audioclone]

Hi Brian. If you may, can you tell me what pots are you referring to A and B. I know in europe/usa/japan it describes different tapers and confusion starts

Cheers

[Mark_McQ]

A is Audio/Logarithm
B is Linear

And you'll occasionally see C which is Reverse Logarithm

[audioclone]

A is Audio/Logarithm
B is Linear

And you'll occasionally see C which is Reverse Logarithm

Thanks sweetheart 

[Liam]

And when you buy here in the UK, it's the other way around.  A is lin, B is log.

Lesson learnt the hard way several times - I guess I'll have to declare myself as having a learning difficulty!

Liam

[audioclone]

And when you buy here in the UK, it's the other way around.  A is lin, B is log.

Lesson learnt the hard way several times - I guess I'll have to declare myself as having a learning difficulty!

Liam

Thanks Liam. It indeed gives me headache often. My main supplier stocks pots both from US and EU I'll get mine from Banzai this time

Cheers again

[Mark_McQ]

And when you buy here in the UK, it's the other way around.  A is lin, B is log.

Lesson learnt the hard way several times - I guess I'll have to declare myself as having a learning difficulty!

Liam

I've never came across that. Where do you source parts from?

[Liam]

I've never came across that. Where do you source parts from?

RS, Maplin, CPC, Farnell or Rapid Electronics.  Farnell/CPC are best for 24 mm pots at the moment (although 10K lin are really hard to get anywhere).  Maplin have lost their minds on pricing...  I think the A for Lin and B for log is a Citec/Tyco thing, but I'm pretty sure other UK companies had the same code.

Liam

[Mark_McQ]

Ah, I see.
I mostly go with Alpha, which is probably why that never came up for me before.

[Liam]

I'd stopped buying Alpha because most of my favourite places don't stock them anymore.  Any sensible UK stockists?  It might sound tight, but I hate paying over a quid for potentiometer!

Liam

[Mark_McQ]

I've had to resort to using Banzai in Germany.
Doctor Tweeks stocks some but not a huge range and mostly knurled shafts and pcb mount ones.