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11/17/13 14:50
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#190148 - That was kind of my point
Responding to: ???'s previous message
Jan Waclawek said:
I've never seen a potentiometer specsheet or whatever other material may there be, which would go beyond the power specs and max voltage. They invariantly assume the potentiometer is used as a voltage divider with no load on the wiper.

Yes, that was kind of my point: if they had intended them to be used in applications where it mattered, then they would have specified it.

I certainly wouldn't expect to get any such help for cheap, "commodity" components. If anything, you would need to be looking at specialist (read, "more expensive") parts.

I guess it might be more likely to be included for parts which are specified for higher powers anyhow...?

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TopicAuthorDate
Power rating of potentiometers            01/01/70 00:00      
   Not the point            01/01/70 00:00      
      show me such            01/01/70 00:00      
         (was) incorrect            01/01/70 00:00      
            not your average "pot"            01/01/70 00:00      
         Specs that are not normally told..            01/01/70 00:00      
            power            01/01/70 00:00      
            test bench vs field design             01/01/70 00:00      
         That was kind of my point            01/01/70 00:00      
   pot limits            01/01/70 00:00      
      While I don't disagree ... there are different failure modes            01/01/70 00:00      
   Bourns says: "yes."            01/01/70 00:00      
      Tesla says: no            01/01/70 00:00      
      cermet or wirewound            01/01/70 00:00      
         No big difference, if it all            01/01/70 00:00      

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