3362p trimmers 5 holes on pcb?

[drgonzo1969]

Sorry if this is a dumb question but I’m confused. I have a couple of PCBs in the works and a few of them have 5 holes for the cermet 3362p trim pot but the pot only has 3 legs. Am I using the wrong trim pot? What am I missing here?

 

[Harry Klippton]

It allows for 2 different size trimmers, probably also the 3386, which I've bought a lot of by mistake

 

[Bricksnbeatles]

The 6 holes allow for box-style cermet trimmers (such as the 3362p), the wirey open-style trimmers, and straight multi-turn precision trimmers like the 3296W

 

[JeffTXD]

The 6 holes allow for box-style cermet trimmers (such as the 3362p), the wirey open-style trimmers, and straight multi-turn precision trimmers like the 3296W

I'm curious if you happen to know much about why the single turn are so favored in the pedal community?

 

[temol]

Cheaper, smaller, and adjustment is precise enough in most cases?

 

[Robert]

Probably familiarity and cost...

Multi-turn is great for fine tuning but can be a bit annoying in a circuit where a wide sweep is desired.

Another (minor) negative of a multi-turn is that you can't visually tell where it's set.

 

[lowpitch]

 

[Erik S]

I just used some multi turn trimmers for the first time in the destiny behemoth. Kinda blew my mind. I was trying to picture what’s going on inside there mechanically to allow so much adjustment.

The bias voltage I was shooting for was waaay off from the starting value, and I thought I had screwed something up, but like 20 turns later it was right on.