Zenith Avanti G2 pot

[Zenith26kc20]

Strange but I was thinking about those pots last night. We saw those go bad sometimes more than one in a set at a time. I was wondering if a modern type would work but they have that plastic twist mount to prevent arcing to the chassis.
If I remember right one of the blue convergence controls failed regularly too!

[dieseljeep]

[QUOTE=Zenith26kc20;3063654]Strange but I was thinking about those pots last night. We saw those go bad sometimes more than one in a set at a time. I was wondering if a modern type would work but they have that plastic twist mount to prevent arcing to the chassis.
Milwaukee had a great Zenith distributor. I used to keep a few of those screen pots on hand. The only ones they seemed to stock, were the blue shafted ones. It didn't make any difference, as the value was the same.
I found more failures in the E,F and G series chassis.

[DaveWM]

well I found some pots that are 5 meg (alphas new at mouser) so next time I make an order I will get a few and see if I can conduct the transplant. I assume the voltage rating has more to do with the parts that I plan to keep rather than the donar element/solder lugs. I was able to get all three (rgb) colors, so hopefully I will nver have to actually use the donor pot.