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Topic: volume control
Posted By: PROGMAN
Subject: volume control
Date Posted: 01 Apr 2010 at 9:40am
Why do SOME radio, speakers and hifi with manual dials do a crackling sound when changing the volume.

another example is it is so bad it crackles throughout even distorting one speaker for a while and  a loud buzzing sound.

Is there a way to fix them or is it  screwed up?



Replies:
Posted By: Negoba
Date Posted: 01 Apr 2010 at 9:47am
Dirty rheostat. If the knob comes off the stem, you could try one of those air spray cleaners they use on keyboards, but it may just be shot.


Posted By: dean
Date Posted: 01 Apr 2010 at 11:52am
Is either dust & dirt or the metal-film (or less likely carbon) track is scratched, pitted or flaking off. Best solution is to replace the potentiometer.
 
 
You can do a short term fix by twisting the control back and forth a few times to sweep the dust away.
 
It's unlikely that switch cleaner will get onto the metal-film track through the front, you'll need to open the case as squirt the stuff into the innards of the control.


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Posted By: thellama73
Date Posted: 01 Apr 2010 at 11:56am
Happy birthday, Dean!

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Those who know what's best for us must rise and save us from ourselves.


Posted By: dean
Date Posted: 01 Apr 2010 at 12:07pm
Thank you Thellma Big smile

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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: 16 Apr 2010 at 9:33am
Mine goes up to 11Tongue

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my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicted musicians to crazy ones....





Posted By: PROGMAN
Date Posted: 17 Apr 2010 at 11:48pm
Ritchie Blackmore's goes up to 12 Tongue


Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: 20 Apr 2010 at 4:00am
Originally posted by PROGMAN PROGMAN wrote:

Ritchie Blackmore's goes up to 12 Tongue
 
That's kids stuff for Peter Townshend who is now almost deaf from his level 15 loudness


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my music collection increased tenfolds when I switched from drug-addicted musicians to crazy ones....






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