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Re: Hooking up a (1) potentiometer, (2) on-off switches, (1) 8-way switch

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Originally Posted by Ethulin View Post
Looks perfectly feasible. So just to make sure I understand: I just keep increasing the resistance as I go from switch to switch? How high is the max?
Since you just need 8 distinct positions on one switch, you can put a 10.K resistor between each adjoining pin, then each position change will add (or subtract) 10.K ohms to (from) the value, and the value can essentially range from near 0 to 100.K ohms. The diagram you showed was for discrete switches, where any give switch could be on or off.
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