Potentiometer parts look the same.. HELP me ID them please?

[ianfuture]

OK..
Sorted through all my components and identified nearly everything. Some of the resistors are hard to identify, but thats another question.

The potentiometers on the BOM are all identified as being different. But when I actually look at the physical things I have, they look the same. The only ones I can tell are different are the dual 50K B (linear) and dual 1Meg A(log).

- The four different trim potentiometers all look the same.
- The three 50K D(log) potentiometers look the same as the 50k B (linear) ones.
How can I ID them and make sure I dont put the wrong ones in the wrong places? Or does it not matter?

Also how do I know which pot is the one with the detent I asked for?

Thanks..
Ian

[etaoin]

- The four different trim potentiometers all look the same.

They look the same, but there should be something printed on them that makes them different.

- The three 50K D(log) potentiometers look the same as the 50k B (linear) ones.

Again, they will have either 50K D or 50K B printed on them.

Also how do I know which pot is the one with the detent I asked for?

Turn them. You should feel the detent in one of them.

[ianfuture]

ok,
I looked again in a different room under different light and I could see the markings to ID them....ooops

Thanks..
Ian

[evilxsystems]

OK..
Some of the resistors are hard to identify, but thats another question.

Test them with your multimeter if you're unsure of the color code...

[etaoin]

ok,
I looked again in a different room under different light and I could see the markings to ID them....ooops

Now you know why you need good, white light to do projects like these

[loup]

Now you know why you need good, white light to do projects like these

Lies! All lies! I spent 3 hours desoldering and soldering many things in poor light today. Did I give up and turn on more lights when I accidentally bridged a couple of solder points and couldn't see where I had done it? No, I just made guesses as to where the bridge might be and eventually fixed the problem. Did I turn up the lights just to see resistor values? Bah, that's what a multimeter is for! Would things have gone quicker if I had turned on more lights? Of course, but then the lights might have reflected off the TV, and who really wants glare on their TV.

(I may not be the best example to follow, I did all this on a notebook sitting on my coffee table. I suppose it's better than doing it directly on my coffee table, but still, I should really set up something better to work on with better lighting.)