Can I use 100K potentiometer instead of 10k?

Can I use 100K potentiometer instead of 10k?

Than can result in lower distortion when the driving stage is rather weak in clean current delivery. That means, for high input impedance of input stage, use 100k instead of 10k.

What is the difference between 10k and 100K pots?

1k means that the pot will provide resistance up to 1000 ohm. 10k & 100k means it will provide ten times and 100 times more resistance than 1k, respectively. The lesser the resistance value, the more the current drawn by that pot. Similarly, a 500k pot means it has a resistance value between 0 to 500 kiloohm.

Why we use 10k potentiometer?

Potentiometers are very useful in changing the electrical parameters of a system. It is a single turn 10k Potentiometer with a rotating knob. These potentiometers are also commonly called as a rotary potentiometer or just POT in short.

Can I use 100K potentiometer instead of 50K?

A 100K load is easier to drive than a 50K load (less current goes through the pot to ground and more goes to the next stage beyond the pot) but a 100K pot will also pick up more noise than a 50K pot for much the same reason (interference can induce a significant voltage across a higher valued pot easier).

What is the difference between 10k and 50k potentiometer?

The main difference is the impedence of the pot. If I am correct in thinking this, the 10k will get louder faster since it has less resistance on the voltage. However, some sources may not appreciate driving a 10k ohm load, so 50k helps here.

Does potentiometer resistance matter?

Does potentiometer resistance matter? However, the value of the resistance DOES matter to a certain extent. For example, if you used a 10 ohm potentiometer connected across 5 volts, the pot alone would draw 500 milliamperes and dissipate 5 * 0.5 or 2.5 watts (i.e. it would get quite warm and maybe even burn out).

What is the potentiometer symbol?

The IEC standard symbol for the potentiometer is a rectangle between two straight lines and the ANSI standard potentiometer symbol contains two straight lines with zigzag lines in the middle.

Can I use 10k potentiometer instead of 50k?

It will work in a way that you will increase input resistance, but you will loose gain. Adding 10k resistor before the 10k pot will lower signal by 6dB. Depending on your source, you may not need any adjustements at all and 10k pot will work equally well as your 50k.