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   DLUNU to gfretwell   
   Re: Mil spec pots   
   29 Dec 18 16:23:58   
   
   From: DLUNU@decadence.org   
      
   On Sat, 29 Dec 2018 10:31:11 -0500, gfretwell wrote:   
      
   > On Sat, 29 Dec 2018 06:14:52 +0000 (UTC), DLUNU    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >>On Tue, 11 Dec 2018 00:38:37 -0500, gfretwell wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> I am looking for a couple off wet location/mil spec pots (25 and 500   
   >>> ohm) Any ideas   
   >>   
   >>Do you mean to refer to multi-turn wire wound precision pots?   
   >>   
   >>  Because there is no mil spec any more.  They and their contractors all   
   >>use COTS now.  There are high reliability component makers, which they   
   >>can choose or be contracted to specifically incorporate into a product.   
   >>   
   >>  The solution to your needs could be any of several families of   
   >>applicable discreet devices.   
   >>   
   >>  One would need to see more requirements analysis data to help you.   
   >   
   > These will be used as one leg of a whetstone bridge for a thermostat but   
   > they are living in a damp building (out building in Florida)   
      
   Bourns' multiturn wirewound pots are pretty well sealed up.  They may   
   even have sealed versions.   
      
      
      
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