by SJB » 13 Jun 2017, 19:59
thanks roger.
I note from one of the pictures of a Vox AC30 that a small pot was used. So I fitted one obtained from RS. It's a half watt with the actual running wattage less than 0.1 watt.
The original pot was well over to one side to balance - the new one sets up bang in the middle.
Seems the original pot was log one. This is what led me to believe two resistors of the same value would be no good - thinking I would have to use differing values to match the setting on the original pot.
This is not the case.
Its now up to the owner - but I would think that resistors will stand up to a valve Anode - Cathode into the heater flashover - better than a pot.
Probably one of the reasons later amps used resistors.
Stu