Comment on What kind of resistor is this?
Sendpicsofsandwiches@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
Not positive this is the right part, but it says 200k vr which to me reads as a 200k ohm variable resistor which is not a particularly difficult thing to find, but your friend may have more information about why specifically something like this wouldn’t work. The only thing I can think of is if the one in the amplifier was rated for crazy high wattage to handle plate voltage for a tube or something like that.
AnarchistArtificer@slrpnk.net 5 days ago
There’s 6 pins on the part in question, which I think means it’s a dual ganged potentiometer. The arrangement of the pins seems to be a big issue for other people online wanting to replace this part. I’ve added images to show what I mean in my main post.
The big thing I’m nervous of is not knowing that the other parts of “200KBH” means. 200K is resistance, and B seems to mean linear response, but I have no clue what “H” could refer to
thekidxp@sh.itjust.works 5 days ago
This is purely a guess but might the H stand for horizontal? Or something along those lines. Since the way it’s mounted is different.
zout@fedia.io 3 days ago
I've looked at the manual again, and it seems to me you could do a drastic thing and drill a hole through the PCB in the place of the old component where you could put an axis of a different v-resistor through. This could then be connected to the board with wire.