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Nanao MS9 pots, watts and ohms...
grantspain:
yes 682, i blame the bourbon for my number misprint
RadRush:
..ehrm.. well, could very well be 682 of course, haha. Those numbers are sooo small. So, ok...now what does 682 mean? If 103 means 10.000, 682 is probably 6.8 Kohm, just like grantspain says. Now I'm getting somewhere. But how do I know the watt? lilshawn tells me 125 mW. How do you know that? Is it something you just happen to know, or where/how do you find out? Again, what happens if I pick a pot with another ohm value? Could it be dangerous to the board?
Thanks a lot guys!
grantspain:
they are 125mw, i know because the manual says they are and they match that physical size parameter
the actual part number is RH063LCW3R-6.8KB although you will not find any info, they were made by ALPS
you could probably use a 5k
RadRush:
Thank you grantspain!
One final question (at least for now): what happens if I mount say a 5 kohm pot like you say, but it's 0,5 watts instad of 0,125? Or even 1 or 2 watts? What harm would it do?
I seriously have no clue about watts and I know nothing about what wrong values will do. Im asking because it's really hard to find 0,125 watt pots.
Mike A:
Did you try looking here?
https://www.arcadepartsandrepair.com/product-category/components/trimmer-potentiometers-pots/