Now this is what KZfaq is all about! Great presentation, very clearly explained and extremely helpful. Many thanks!
@coinbird44 Жыл бұрын
you mean what KZfaq "was" all about 😅
@JokerLover12310 күн бұрын
@@coinbird44 bro the comment is 12 years old
@khaledadams43295 жыл бұрын
Been working with pots for a while now and this was still VERY informative and easy to watch. Thanks!
@100chuckjones11 жыл бұрын
I do tutorials myself so I know what im talking about when I say this is a very well put together tutorial, more like a small seminar :) great job
@MrKnoxguy1014 жыл бұрын
Yes! I’ve actually watched some of your vids on the Cakewalk X2 along with a few others. Very informative and thank you.
@Special-Delivery574 жыл бұрын
I’m just beginning to look into these things and I agree. Thank you John Cooper and thank you chuck for saying the same thing that I was going to say. This video is extremely helpful.
@stevenA445 жыл бұрын
FINALLY, someone who explains how these things work and how to tell the difference!!! Liked.
@Geopholus Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the accurate, and well presented video on potentiometers. This video is SO MUCH BETTER than most of the others! The great thing about CTS pots is that they can dissipate more power than most of the other audio pots (except PEC) and they can be disassembled, and reassembled to to change shaft length or style and also change resistance elements of double ganged pots.
@gwmerr12 жыл бұрын
Natural teacher at work here. I came here knowing what a potentiometer does ....always wondered the what & how? In ten minutes I learned so much targeted information! Wow, thank you, johnplanetz
@glennsophie32355 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video. I had problems with my cts pot but your video gave me confidence to open it up and fix it. Many thanks. I was nearly ordering new.
@guppyfry8 жыл бұрын
I've been reading about Pots, but only after watching your video do I see and understand how they work. Thank you!!!
@djsonuamravati3 жыл бұрын
this is the best and simplest video on potentiometer....... thank u sir ........
@BaldurKhr4 жыл бұрын
So beautifully explained and so easy to grasp. Thank you for this elegant presentation!
@flamingfigures14 жыл бұрын
My physics teacher threw a potentiometer on the speakers for the announcements. Turns the volume down to minimum and continues lessons... best hack ever.
@manifestgtr12 жыл бұрын
dude...you are really good at explaining things...normally, I'll watch a video like this and the person doing it is so steeped in the subject that they just cant or don't bother to explain it in a way that's easily digestible...awesome video
@arupdutta76875 жыл бұрын
Very well explained in layman's terms. Greetings from Kolkata, India.
@philjones2760 Жыл бұрын
Nice video - something I've often wondered about but had no idea how they worked. You explained it very well!!
@nmssis11 жыл бұрын
your vid posts are like a breath of fresh air for novices like me. Thanks for posting
@donniedarko7891 Жыл бұрын
Thx after your vid here i did managed to "repair" him. Thx. Works again flawless
@CannonfireProduction11 жыл бұрын
Thanks John. I went for a new push/push pot (might as well do a Gilmour mod if I've got to change the pot). Not put it on yet but the flow tests are completely different to my old pot, ie they're correct! What a relief, but interesting to know that a pot can die just like that. Love the idea of a troubleshooter vid if you're up for it. It'll save the world from restless nights and brain ache.
@UnluckyFett12 жыл бұрын
Thanks, Ive know how they work but your video and explanations really make it clearer in my head on how to wire pots to do different thing
@wentzr9 жыл бұрын
excellent explanations and demonstration on how the variety of pots work and how they're manufactured.
@pauleaston23293 жыл бұрын
Yes! Now I know why the volume on my Quasar black and white tv ain't working. Thanks, JC.
@TheForce_Productions5 жыл бұрын
Is for this I prefer linear for volumes and audio for tones, imo and taste this way you can get a better control over each one. Nice video!
@Forde3654Eire13 жыл бұрын
Thanks for your thorough explanation on those potentiometers! I need them to build my own home-made racing wheel, hadn't a clue what they were. Now this solves half of the problem already!
@futchofdeth6669 жыл бұрын
Thank You Sir! Bass guitar stopped working, checked everything with multimeter couldn't figure it out. Watched your vid, took mine apart and back together, tighter with the clips. I assume it just was a bad connection inside, works now and I understand pots!
@richardcouture53699 жыл бұрын
Thanks for taking the time to do this for others. It was very informative and well done.
@BJBorchert9313 жыл бұрын
Your videos have been SO helpful. I've learned a lot about the technical and physical stuff that I thought I'd never learn. Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom! I've been enjoying geeking out on these videos!
@reed-xd8zx10 жыл бұрын
Great job, crystal clear explanation, thanks.
@peavelSD12 жыл бұрын
hello, i want to say that i really appreciate your effort you put into these videos, these are really helpful!
@rcmoot13 жыл бұрын
it is so nice to see you are informing us on these simple things
@AmrMKamel10 жыл бұрын
Thank you I really had hard time understanding how pots work but now its piece of cake thanks to you :-)
@KyleRebar8 жыл бұрын
Clean explanation. Makes sense to lay-folk like me. Nice work!
@HSHS67VA11 жыл бұрын
Thanks for this excellent tutorial! It is a great help in diagnosing a volume control problem for a virtual organ!
@bermudaguitar Жыл бұрын
Very precise and awesome presentation
@aaronbinder692411 жыл бұрын
Ahhh very cool man!! TY for that video. I have a 16 watt tube amp I bought from Tube Depot and I'm on my 3rd Potentiometer. I keep getting the ones from Parts Express and they are total crap!! After watching your video now I have a better idea of where to look for a better POT . Thanks again!! Looking forward to watching more of your videos. Take care
@dl8cy9 жыл бұрын
Very pleasant voice - can very well listened (is important in tutorials:-) )
@MrKnoxguy1014 жыл бұрын
Thank you Mr. Cooper.
@sclogse113 жыл бұрын
You are awesome. Thorough. At 6:07, when introducing the audio/log taper, I found my mind starting to ask questions that this video wasn't necessarily covering...(jsut imagine showing a class this and imagining wehre some of the minds are going at this point. You might want to experiment with the video by having a complete novice sitting there while you rehearse the video, and getting their feedback. I realize that feedback comes here...of course.
@halfcabdisaster712 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video, pots make a lot more sense now.
@vaughanmaybury28255 жыл бұрын
Hi John, thanks for making this video, very well explained and helpful.
@rksguit8 жыл бұрын
Awesome vid,I had a super smooth 250k Volume pot in a Left Handed Ibanez RS135 that guitar did[very soon after buying] became sort of strat-like in looks,but not-before I stripped the 2mm resin[joking] and reshaped the body.I re-used the stock 250K volume pot.even after hacking a Seymour Duncan JB Humbucker-tilted,sounded superb,but that wonderful Vol. Pot. Wore Out 24 years later [great run!]In 2009 I eventually got from the US some 500k CTS Left Handed potentiometers-anyway man they're all irritatingly STIFF[no more"Cathedral"attempts since!],so Thank You for confirming why they is so!
@Special-Delivery574 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much John Cooper.👍🏻🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
@arnejensen92162 жыл бұрын
I agree with the nice things already said about this video but I sincerly hoped for some advise on really disassembling different pots completely and even harder things like putting them back together without killing them. I have a few different methods and they work well enough to be 80% certain not to totally destroy it but I didnt come up with something that makes it easier and less of a pain in the a.. so far... any ideas? What I do is either drilling a tiny hole in the shaft and put a screw and a washer instead of the flanged end of the shaft or I re - flange the end while pressing down the pot, the ring with the wiper and sometimes also the disc that makes the whole thing somewhat stepped (dont know the exact expression for that, sorry)...I'd love to make a tool for fixing the pot etc in place before hitting the end to flange it, but I have no idea how...or what...I only know two hand are not enough to make it an easy operation and I hate assembling pots very very much...not as much as a dirty pot but still...a lot!!
@damianmerrick92597 жыл бұрын
Excellent tutorial. Thanks for taking the time to help educate us all.
@TzzX7814 жыл бұрын
great explanation simple and easy to understand...love electronics
@aculeus197113 жыл бұрын
Very good videos. In one of your other videos showing an epiphone circuit being request, you have actually removed the pots and poked them through some aerated cardboard... But you didn't mention it ... That's actually a fantastically useful approach when wiring without a scratchplate... Keeps the work still and even allows you to draw the wiring between the lugs... The latter might help if you are just starting soldering.
@tommyfairhurst98647 жыл бұрын
thank mate you are spot on i had some cts pot 500k where well under not now i did what you said now they are over 500k now thanks
@philycheezesteak51766 жыл бұрын
great vid!! so that's what A and B stands for!
@nelsondog1005 жыл бұрын
Phily Cheezesteak A= audio, B= linear
@lvvry18557 жыл бұрын
Great job. Sorry I'm late to join you. You're an excellent teacher. I hope you're doing it at a college somewhere.
@ramullins9 жыл бұрын
good stuff, man, artfully presented, professionally researched. Loves
@incantatis14 жыл бұрын
No BS, pure gold! Thank you! Keep doing this! Rock ON!
@EdwinHenryBlachford10 жыл бұрын
very clear Yoda. thankyou
@BenGeorgia Жыл бұрын
I appreciate this video. Fantastic, thank you.
@dp08137 жыл бұрын
other than the conceptual mistake pointed out in the video & by other commenters, this was very helpful in understanding how to properly use pots. If this had been explained before, my EE labs may have gone a little quicker!
@jono714514 жыл бұрын
cheers mate, this really helped with my coursework
@robertmessore12 жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing your gift for teaching!
@littlebluemarblesurfer63424 жыл бұрын
Well explained my friend. Thank you
@metalmania70713 жыл бұрын
Very informative! Thanks for taking the time to produce the vid.
@johnplanetz10 жыл бұрын
@Tormy Van Cool - I buy Alpha, CTS and Bourns pots, from places like stewmac, pedalpartsplus, mouser, etc.
@100roberthenry14 жыл бұрын
great explanation of pots....nice one man...
@TheHaircutcity5 жыл бұрын
Excellent Video, very complete!
@nogatorp7 жыл бұрын
What an excellent video. Yeah, I caught the 2 mistakes, but so did you. I've never had a clearer explanation of potentiometers. The video is high quality, too. Do you have a Udemy course? If not, you should. Thanks. -Rodi
@dud901114 жыл бұрын
@johnplanetz theyre both pots, tone pot has a capacitors, that's what makes it a tone pot...without the cap, it's just another volume pot (but doesn't work)
@kannon11t11 жыл бұрын
Bass broke so I figured I'd learn all about the parts, thanks for the details, I've been playing with the pots for days XD
@Williamson_Eric13 жыл бұрын
Super Clear! Thanks---- Very well explained. Thanks
@johneric38864 жыл бұрын
Nice work I really enjoyed your video!
@craigpattenden12 жыл бұрын
Really cool video man. Thorough and simple.
@REX0501112 жыл бұрын
Thank you a lot I'm fixing up an old ibanez blazer bass and i really need those nuts and washers for it .
@madamerotten14 жыл бұрын
Usually 2 linear segments are used to approximate the audio taper. It works well enough for most applications. Exceptionally high-precision log and audio taper pots are a thing of the past.
@stuckinthecities13 жыл бұрын
This helped answer many questions I had..
@electricwally7 жыл бұрын
Very, very helpful John. I learned a lot. Best wishes and thank you.
@IngenieroDeSonidoJFP11 жыл бұрын
Perfect explanation, I'm sharing it on my facebook and twitter for my students. Thanks!
@faawks4 жыл бұрын
Thanks, I learnt a lot from this.
@serba_serbi9 ай бұрын
Thanks you for amazing video👍
@LLJJEEYY13 жыл бұрын
Love your videos. Thank you for your time and the shared knowledge.
@fdre3wsd12 жыл бұрын
excellent teaching, dude
@hugojj10113 жыл бұрын
thanks this vid really helped because im a beginner
@scottwilly869 жыл бұрын
Thank you! You are an awesome teacher
@eugennew43348 жыл бұрын
Thanks very much. You explained it very well :)
@savionics79238 жыл бұрын
well explained john
@levych11 жыл бұрын
excellent explanation
@beninglis80976 жыл бұрын
Fantastic videos mate.
@mick3216 Жыл бұрын
Fantasic Video please do a updated version
@bigblockelectra10 жыл бұрын
with all the youtube videos of monkeys smoking cigarettes, homemade fireworks gone wrong, and skiing accidents, it is nice to know that a video like this has 100k+ views and professionals are still posting interesting things. I'm not an old man by the way.
@gmindgjerd4 жыл бұрын
Learning. Thank you brother.
@Alexandra-Rex8 жыл бұрын
Thanks for a very informative video. I have an old Creek headphone amplifier, and the pot is very noisy when I turn it, so I contacted Creek about it, and they are willing to sell me a replacement if I want swap it myself, which seems like an interesting thing to do,but seeinh your video, I'll have a closer look at it to see if I can clean it up or if it's just broken or worn down first. I tried to clean it with some fluid I saw recommended somewhere online, but it didn't do the trick. This was a few years ago, so I don't recall what it was :P I will have a look at the other video you mentioned as well :)
@YaKamarJulia13 жыл бұрын
very useful informations I have found here! Thanks!
@FF-so3su2 жыл бұрын
Good narration
@nonameinfl14 жыл бұрын
@johnplanetz Well, I just watched the video again and the the cts pot you disassembled has the copper tabs I am takling about! They clearly extend out from each outside lug onto the carbon trace. The older cts pots do not have this copper pad or tab or whatever you could call it at each end of the trace. I don't know if it makes any difference, I just noticed the change a few years ago. Thanks for your very neat posts!
@coreygold19232 жыл бұрын
Yep. If my pot is not what I expected then I go try some different pot. Lmao my stupid humor. 🤣 Thanks for sharing 👍
@Habibulla.M3 жыл бұрын
Well explained 🙏
@catch22punk13 жыл бұрын
Very well explained. Very useful video!
@James_Haskin14 жыл бұрын
This is a really well made video. Thanks John!
@formidable3814 жыл бұрын
@johnplanetz Well ive had a good result. I took the plunge, desoldered 2 of these pots that were sandwiched together, i guess 1 for each channel. Took them apart and carefully cleaned the carbon tracks and the contacts. I then very delicately tweaked the contacts to apply abit more pressure. Put it all back together and vola, its working perfectly! Thanks to your video.
@rmhutchins77 жыл бұрын
I enjoyed your video. It was very helpful. Thank you!
@brianscroggins33908 жыл бұрын
Great explanation
@shohruxibragimov24113 жыл бұрын
thanks man, for such a tutorial
@stavroshouiris11 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for taking the time to rite me back and i find your reply rely helpful, thanks.
@carvindc40013 жыл бұрын
Thanks for putting the time in this very well done video : )
@koncertLive11 жыл бұрын
yeah you can make the potentiometer control you pulse speeds kinda like how you would dim a LED.. Sort of like turning it on and off really fast to make it run slower instead of lowering the voltage!.
@E5Bobby12 жыл бұрын
I thoroughly enjoyed this video John. Thank you for making it. It was VERY well done. I've got a rheostat on a ceiling fan that only has two lugs. I think it's bad because the fan spins very slowly across the whole range of the rheostat. It's soldered into place so I'm going to take it out of the fan (circuit) and test it with my VOM. If I can tell it's bad I'll go to the local lighting store to see about a replacement. It should work much like the ones you tested in the video, correct?
@sayeed71674 жыл бұрын
Fantastic video sir... it was helpful thank you.....and Stay safe.....:)