Timeline for Burned out potentiometer
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| Jan 27, 2021 at 16:26 | comment | added | Mohammed Shareef C | I came to same situation and i found this question. My potentiometer not only gave me smell but also fire. I was playing with a trimmer | |
| Mar 29, 2016 at 8:13 | comment | added | marcelm | "The LED was fine" - No, it likely isn't. It is probably damaged, and may well be dimmer, or fail inexplicably later. | |
| Mar 28, 2016 at 23:38 | answer | added | Richard Crowley | timeline score: 1 | |
| Mar 28, 2016 at 23:26 | answer | added | Transistor | timeline score: 6 | |
| Mar 28, 2016 at 23:14 | answer | added | WhatRoughBeast | timeline score: 4 | |
| Mar 28, 2016 at 23:01 | comment | added | Peter Bennett | Pots are just adjustable resistors, and, like resistors, have a maximum power rating. If you set the pot near one end, so you only use a small part of the resistance element, the usable power rating will be much less than the pot's advertised rating, as all the power will be dissipated in a small part of the resistance element. | |
| Mar 28, 2016 at 22:55 | comment | added | Tim Spriggs | Pots are a dime a dozen. I wouldn't sweat it. Measure the resistance of it and if it's not right , replace it. Which it probably does need to be. | |
| Mar 28, 2016 at 22:41 | review | First posts | |||
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| Mar 28, 2016 at 22:40 | history | asked | unknown | CC BY-SA 3.0 |