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   Snag to Snag   
   Re: Odd readings was : Electronics quest   
   28 Oct 25 17:23:07   
   
   From: Snag_one@msn.com   
      
   On 10/28/2025 5:09 PM, Snag wrote:   
   > On 10/27/2025 3:50 PM, Snag wrote:   
   >>    I got the new pot installed in the foot pedal to my TIG machine   
   >> today . Same 47k ohm rating as the original . But there's something   
   >> weird going on , I'm not getting the amperage I set the dial for ,   
   >> it's lower than the setting . Not an earth shaking problem as I have   
   >> never used the full amperage and I can control it now . Still , I'd   
   >> rather get the amperage I have it set at instead of guessing .   
   >   
   >    I checked the resistance on that new pot . And I got some odd   
   > readings ... I get 21k maxed out one side and 46k the other side .   
   > Outside terminal to outside I get the 47k plus/minus . THis may or may   
   > not have something to do with output not matching set point . The other   
   > pot measures 47k+- maxed out both ways . I'm having a hard time   
   > understanding the different values , AFAIK these all use a single wiper   
   > center contact so I should be getting the same reading from either side   
   > when maxed out .   
      
      I should note that the "other pot" mentioned above is the other new   
   one . The old one has readings so unstable you can't tell what they are .   
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