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« on: October 26, 2009, 04:44:36 am »
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What spec pot do I buy to add a full size external GB knob to my Gold Mountain King Cobra? The photo shows the stock mini pot which is adjusted for average conditions at the factory. I hope to buy the pot from

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Once I have fitted it, how do I ground balance the machine correctly (sorry if that's a silly question)

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« Reply #1 on: December 24, 2009, 03:25:03 pm »
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Hi Austin

The ground balance arrangement on my GMT 1650 consists in a panel mount pot in series with the board-mounted trimmer.  The wiper leg of the board-mounted trimmer has been lifted instead of being soldered to the board, and a wire has been taken to the CW leg of a 27k linear 10-turn pot on the panel (the wiper of the panel mounted pot goes to ground.  Maplin don't carry the bit you're looking for or at least, I don't see it in their current stock list.  Farnell, however, carry a large range of 10-turn pots and you should be able to get one from them if you open an account, which is a lot easier to do these days than it used to be.

If you're wanting to completely replace the board-mounted trimmer, what you need is a 100k linear pot such as Farnell code 1520670 (100k lin) which, at the time of typing is listed at ?7.20.  If you want a wee bit more spread in the control range, you could consider a 50k pot (1144794 ?7.92) or a 20k pot (1520674 ?7.20) in series with the board-mounted original.

Hope this helps and good luck.

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