I've been having some trouble finding a good type of trimpot for doing breadboard work. I bought a bunch of verticle mount trimmers from Circuit Specialists only to find the pins were too large and not properly spaced for inserting into a breadboard. I also tried using Radio Shack's miniature trimmers, but the pins are a little too short and tend to pop out of the holes. Cermet trimmers are probably my next choice. Does anyone have any favorites?
I just solder on some short piece's of solid core wire to the leg of my pot, the right size for my breadboard and bend to shape.
JD
yea, its easiest to breadbaard with normal pots.
I actually used rat shack ones for a while...tied it into the hole by putting a wire around it .
JD is right, solder the correct diameter wire to the pot legs. Plus if y9ou make one of those 'front panel' constructions, you won't have trouble with everything falling out when you twirl the pot.