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   Snag to Clare Snyder   
   Re: Electronics question   
   29 Oct 25 06:51:47   
   
   From: Snag_one@msn.com   
      
   On 10/28/2025 11:16 PM, Clare Snyder wrote:   
   > On Mon, 27 Oct 2025 15:50:07 -0500, 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 .   
   >   You didn't get a logarithmic pont instead of a linear, did you??   
   >   
      
   Linear taper , not audio .   
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