Re: Reverse Y taper poteniometer

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Original poster: Jerry Chamkis <jchamkis-at-bga-dot-com> 

Don't know if this got answered, but that's supposed to be reverse log taper.
Prolly the Y is some manufacturer's designation for log taper.

Cheers-

Jerry

On Saturday 08 May 2004 11:54 am, Tesla list wrote:
 > Original poster: "steve" <steve_vance-at-cablelynx-dot-com>
 >
 > HI list,
 >
 > This may be a little off topic but, it is something for my tesla coil. I
 > bought a Superior Electric 1296D powerstat with the  adjustable speed motor
 > drive. The manual says to use a 500k 1/2 watt  reverse "Y" taper
 > potentiometer. I'm not sure what the Y means. I cant seem to find any info
 > online either. Could someone tell me what  the Y stands for and where I
 > might find one.
 >
 > Also, I have done some more tweaking on my 4.5" coil. I am getting 52"
 > streamers using a 12-60 nst, sucker gap, and the 6x28" toroid from my
 > 6.5"coil.
 > The photo is kind of washed out because it was taken in the day time.  If
 > anyone wants to see go here
 > http://fire.prohosting-dot-com/~bonestc/4.5inchcoil.html all the way to the
 > bottom. Sorry about the pop ups....Free Hosting
 >
 >
 > Steve Vance

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Jerry Chamkis
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