Fried pots!?
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spainboone
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Fried pots!?
I think I fried my pots in my strat while soldering. Is there anyway to know for sure if that's the problem. Thanks, Boone.
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Re: Fried pots!?
If you connect an ohms meter to pin 1 & 2 and slowly turn it from one side to the other, it should give a reading that consistently increases or decreases between 0 ohms and it's maximum value. Some digi meters might glitch out a bit, so if you can, test with an analog meter. I'm not 100% on this but if the resistor between pins 1 & 3 doesn't give a reading the same as the pot value or is an open connection, that could also indicate heat damage.
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Re: Fried pots!?
spruce_moose wrote:If you connect an ohms meter to pin 1 & 2 and slowly turn it from one side to the other, it should give a reading that consistently increases or decreases between 0 ohms and it's maximum value. Some digi meters might glitch out a bit, so if you can, test with an analog meter. I'm not 100% on this but if the resistor between pins 1 & 3 doesn't give a reading the same as the pot value or is an open connection, that could also indicate heat damage.
Okay thanks i'll have to give that a try.