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02-04-2025, 11:00 PM

Strictly speaking, the potentiometer is a 3-contact variable resistor (two ends and the wiper, so it could be used to scale a voltage as a divider) and the rheostat is 2-contact (1 end and the wiper, so it is not a divider in itself).
A potentiometer with only two contacts (one end and the wiper) used becomes a rheostat.
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Var resistor id - by Martinj - 02-04-2025, 06:16 PM

RE: Var resistor id - by morzh - 02-04-2025, 08:33 PM

RE: Var resistor id - by MrFixr55 - 02-04-2025, 10:06 PM

RE: Var resistor id - by morzh - 02-04-2025, 11:00 PM

RE: Var resistor id - by MrFixr55 - 02-04-2025, 11:55 PM

RE: Var resistor id - by radiorich - 02-05-2025, 12:06 AM

RE: Var resistor id - by morzh - 02-05-2025, 12:08 AM

RE: Var resistor id - by Martinj - 02-05-2025, 02:10 PM

RE: Var resistor id - by Chas - 02-05-2025, 03:19 PM

RE: Var resistor id - by morzh - 02-05-2025, 03:23 PM

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