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Roy S

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I have 4 small b10k ohm dial pots soldered to a circuit board. (easily breakable).
I want to attach 4 sliders pots also b10k ohm because they're more durable.
Can I just solder wires from the slider pot posts to the rotary pot posts without actually removing the old rotary pots? I have uploaded a file for example.
i have 44 of these to replace if someone can offer me the advice I need. I don't really want to UNsolder the old pots and resolver the slider pots because I'm not that good at soldering. But if I can just solder to the posts on the old pots I think I can handle that if this process works. Thank you in advance for any advice/help.
 

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No, you need to remove the wires from the original pots and move then to the new ones.
 

Roy S

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So if I snip off the old pots leaving their posts, I can solder the slider posts to the d pit posts, right? Thanks so much for your help
 

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Yeah, you could do that, but you would need to insulate them. Also, if the connections are being made with shielded wire you would be wise to use shielded wire to connect to the new pots.
 

Roy S

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Thank you. You've been extremely helpful. Very much appreciated. :):)
 

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I have 4 small b10k ohm dial pots soldered to a circuit board...
i have 44 of these to replace if someone can offer me the advice I need. I don't really want to UNsolder the old pots and resolver the slider pots because I'm not that good at soldering.

If you're frequently doing this sort of work, it would be helpful to get a hot air rework station. It would allow you to pull each (whole, all 3 legs) pot off in one motion. They've become quite affordable with entry level generics costing about $35 USD delivered on eBay.
 

Roy S

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I have a hot air gun. Gets quite hot. I'll try that on a test circuit. Thanks for the idea.
 
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