chongmagic
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Can I add a 500k resistor to a B500k to make it a B1M pot?
I need a B1M for the Stockade but only have a B500K.Can I add a 500k resistor to a B500k to make it a B1M pot?
If you put it parallel it’ll give you 250kI need a B1M for the Stockade but only have a B500K.
Man what I started doing was ordering tons of bigger pots cause you can always make them smaller... so I just bought a lot of A1M’s and B1M’s... the reason I started doing it was my 100k’s which seem to be the most common were measuring like in the 80’s and 90’s so I started buying 500k’s and converting them so I could get exactly 100k or a little over..Yeah I guess I will have to wait until the B1M pot comes in. GRRRRRRR.
That would be awesome! I will just wait.If you put it in series you'll have a pot that sweeps from 500K - 1M.
This would be okay if you knew you'd always want Gain B to be higher than the maximum setting of Gain A.... but realistically you'll probably be happier if you wait for the 1M pot.
Let me look and see if I have a B1M, I'll be shipping an order to you Tuesday anyway. ☺
That would be awesome! I will just wait.
Thank you so much!Yep, I have one. I'll send it over.
K Pedals, could you please explain how to wire that up to reduce the resistance of a pot?If you put it parallel it’ll give you 250k
Sure...K Pedals, could you please explain how to wire that up to reduce the resistance of a pot?
Thank you!Sure...
You just wire a resistor in parallel... a leg to each outside lug of the pot...
Here’s a calculator
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No problem...Thank you!