Rotary Potentiometers, Rheostats

A rotary potentiometer (Pot) is a three-terminal device that employs a resistive element and a rotating contact to form an adjustable voltage divider. If only two terminals are used, one end of the element and the adjustable contact, it acts as a variable resistor or rheostat. Potentiometers are selected by the resistance value of the element, degree of rotation/number of turns, linear or logarithmic taper, power dissipation, number of ganged elements, resistive material and termination style. Some have built-in switch contacts.


TT Electronics/BI P160KNP-0EC15A500K

POT 500K OHM 1/10W PLASTIC LOG

0.79

TT Electronics/BI P160KN-0FC18C2K5

POT 2.5K OHM 1/10W PLASTIC R-LOG

0.79

TT Electronics/BI P120KGP-F20BR100K

POT 100K OHM 1/20W PLASTIC LIN

0.69

Bourns, Inc. 6538S-1-202

POT 2K OHM 1W PLASTIC LINEAR

67.01

Vishay / Spectrol 534B1202JC

POT 2K OHM 2W WIREWOUND LINEAR

18.9

Precision Electronics Corporation GU1031S26

POT 10K OHM 2W WIREWOUND LINEAR

18.1

Precision Electronics Corporation RV6NAYSD103A

POT 10K OHM 1/2W CARBON LINEAR

11.54

Precision Electronics Corporation RV6NAYSD102A

POT 1K OHM 1/2W CARBON LINEAR

11.54