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Re: Limitless Potentiometers

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Originally Posted by 987HighRoller View Post
This is because we had something like 8 potentiometers break on us last year, mainly because they get locked inside due to load on the shaft ...........Any advise?
Thanks
Sure, I'll offer some advice. Don't put any mechanical load on a potentiometer shaft.

Here's how we got around the problem.

And our shaft encoders were coupled to the transmission shafts with a piece of surgical tubing.
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