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Re: Sound even though volume at 0 [message #27651 is a reply to message #27650]

Fri, 13 February 2009 11:53

Wayne Parham
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It may be that the volume potentiometer is broken. I've seen them do this - the substrate cracks from repeated heat cycles of just old age. The wiper still works, and so there is still some variable resistance but if the crack is right on the junction to the ground side, then it isn't acting like a voltage divider anymore, just a variable series resistance. That causes the volume knob to still work, but only partially.

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		Sound even though volume at 0 By: BernardV on Thu, 12 February 2009 17:28
		Re: Sound even though volume at 0 By: Wayne Parham on Fri, 13 February 2009 11:53
		Re: Sound even though volume at 0 By: BernardV on Mon, 16 February 2009 05:08
		Re: Sound even though volume at 0 By: Wayne Parham on Mon, 16 February 2009 12:34

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