[Boatanchors] Potentiometer Size

Bill Stewart cwopr at embarqmail.com
Fri Jul 9 15:55:27 EDT 2010


Is there a rule-of-thumb to indicate the wattage of a potentiometer by its physical dimensions?  I'm trying to figure the wattage of a 500K audio pot. that's about 1  1/16 " dia. by about 1/2 " (pot. only, switch is additional) long. 

Thanks, Bill K4JYS 



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