Hello, I have a weird issue with an Alpha pot.
I always used CTS pots, but a friend of mine asked to me to save some money for a cheap guitar, so I bought an Alpha pot.
This: https://www.banzaimusic.com/alpha-gt...-500k-log.html
I noticed it is hard to solder wires on its surface.
I soldered on it a solid core, it was strong but the soldering looked like a ball. So I heat up again the iron and try to melt better the tin, but the tin rolled up on itself and detached from the surface. It's like the surface was "tinproof".
I'm not new with iron solder, on gutiar and PCB, but this never happen to me with other pots.
I don't want to mess up this potentiometer, now the soldering is solid, looks shine even if a bit rounded than I usually used to make.
What's exactly the problem with this potentiometer?
Thank you.
I always used CTS pots, but a friend of mine asked to me to save some money for a cheap guitar, so I bought an Alpha pot.
This: https://www.banzaimusic.com/alpha-gt...-500k-log.html
I noticed it is hard to solder wires on its surface.
I soldered on it a solid core, it was strong but the soldering looked like a ball. So I heat up again the iron and try to melt better the tin, but the tin rolled up on itself and detached from the surface. It's like the surface was "tinproof".
I'm not new with iron solder, on gutiar and PCB, but this never happen to me with other pots.
I don't want to mess up this potentiometer, now the soldering is solid, looks shine even if a bit rounded than I usually used to make.
What's exactly the problem with this potentiometer?
Thank you.
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