Jinx wrote:

>>Any ideas for cleaning/repairing the pot? It's one of these
>>little flat ones with a toothed wheel mounted on top.
>>TIA!
>>
>
>I've got one of those on a bedside radio. From time to time
>it's had a squirt of contact cleaner (eg WD40), meths or CD
>cleaner like propanol. The noise goes away for a while but
>comes back. I think the problem is not dirt but loose carbon.
>Light machine oil is the last thing I tried and that seems to be
>doing the trick as the wiper moves the loose stuff to one end
>and the oil holds it there. The only trouble with oil is that it can
>migrate if you overdo it. If you can get to the pot and actually
>clean it out first that would probably help, but if the track is
>breaking down the problem will more than likely re-occur as
>the wiper knocks bits off. Another solution is to reverse the
>connections to the pot so as to use the other end of the wiper
>travel, which may not be so noisy as it's been less used than
>the low volume end
>
Probably won't work. Don't most audio "pots" have a log taper? That would
mess up your volume control.

Jim

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