its all matter of choice. this isnt a debate about what makes your Xpander keep value, nor is a new part a compromise over an original as long as it meets the same specs
. if you want to clean your pots then great. if someone wants to replace them?with a new component then they have a choice. its better we have options than no options. especially if a pot completely stops functioning regardless of cleaning it. can we move on now?
And FWIW,?Syntaur has found a new replacement pot that operates within the same spec as the original (1 click per value) and still provides the smoother less noisy detent. I will have them here soon to install on mine.
On Sunday, April 14, 2013, PeWe wrote:
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Don?t know ...
If you have to turn the rotarys 3 times more for the same value
change now,- which is exactly the case when 3 clicks produce a
value change of + /- 1 only,- they will be worn out again much,
much earlier than the old original ones.
But I learned here in the group, members prefer modern parts
feeling smooth and being less noisy over the original behaviour.
Any new rotary encoder out there is a compromize vs the original
ones,- so for me the clean job and replacing the Schmitts was the
better solution.
It may be a temporary fix though,- but I don?t have to use the
rotarys 24/7 a year.
Also think about that was the 1st clean job necessary after more
than a quarter of a century,- so it?s possible repeatable.
And yes,- Servisol Super 10 is agressive to plastic,- I know
that,- but it also depends how you deal w/ Servisol 10 for the
clean job.
Don?t take much and remove everything left over AFTER the clean
job.
When you flood the Xpander w/ Servisol 10,- that?s another story
though.
For the heavier programming job, it?s probably recommended to buy
Xplorer application for the Xpander/Matrix12 single-program
editing and creations and use that in addition to make original
encoders survive as long as possible.
I?m pretty sure any Xpander and Matrix-12 has a better value w/
all original parts inside working once you want to sell it.
Am 14.04.2013 17:49, schrieb Neil Loughran:
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Yeah seems a shame to me as well¡
Still its better than them not working at all I
suppose.
