10 turn grnd vs 3 3/4 turn

[Ronk]

After reading a lot of post of people installing 10 turn ground pots in place of the 3 3/4 turns I was just wondering if the higher resolution wouldn't make any real difference.If the circuit was designed to use the 3 3\4 it seems why would changing just that one trimmer change the whole circuit design?I thought the ground control working with the rest of the circuit is working as a whole.Is it more than just the pot that adjust the ground circuit?Was the circuit designed to change the pot to a different value without loss of performance.I know their are some computers that by maxing out the ram won't make it any faster because the mother board is designed to only handle so much extra ram and adding more does nothing performance wise.Not every computer but some.So isn't it about the same when installing a 10 turn pot in place of the 3\34 pot? Does that automatically increase performance.Even with a 3\34 pot you can still under or over adjust so what's the difference? Just a few things I have been thinking about.
Ronk

 

[Wishful-thinker]

Is the 3 3/4 turn would run like the GB on an x-terra...-9, -6, -3 ,1, 3, 6, 9 wheras the 10 turn would be more precise -9,-8,-7,-6,-5,-4,-3,-2,-1,1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9.
hope this helps,

 

[BarberBill]

I may be wrong on this, but I think the main difference is the 10 turn is easier to adjust to a very fine setting whereas the 3 3/4 turn goes thru the ideal spot quite quickly. Sort of like binoculars that go through the ideal focus slowly versus rapidly.
HH
BB

 

[silversmith]

I agree, Barberbill. The 10 turn only achieves a more "veneer action" to the control. All else remains the same.

 

[tab-nabit]

Fine tuning more to the spot instead of close enough being a tad this way or that way.
I like the 10-turn my gold detectors offer.

 

[Wishful-thinker]

guess I shouldnt have thrown in a digital reference...lol

 

[AUDuke]

I installed a 10 turn on my Vaquero and it makes it much easier to GB, not nearly so "touchy" . Did not affect anything else.

 

[comcat]

used the same on my cibola,,totally transformed the gb to get right down there in the bad stuff without being as AUDuke said,,touchy,,meaning it will turn out of that fine balance a lot easier with the 3/34 turn pot,,,also the cibola only has an average auto balance fitted and not a variable one (i was told by a reliable source that the cibola uses a different i.c.chip than the vachero and swings faster without depth loss and rejects iron better too,, so if you buy a new one buy the cibola,its cheaper ,and do the conversion,,you wont be dissapointed,they are awesome,, ,just wish TESORO would fit a decent 10 turn on their machines??? ,,comcat

 

[padiggin]

I thought the 3 3/4 was supposed to be more precise? At least that is what I think I read in a review of it. Maybe I'm wrong. It sounds like the 10 turn is the more precise one. Why doesn't Tesoro use a 10 turn?

 

[silversmith]

Why else...........it's cheaper

 

[Sven]

I believe the reason they don't use 10 turn is the pot is 10x more expensive than the single turn pot. And the 10 turn is larger in size, difficult to fit into the umax
cases. Plus they may confuse people in correctly using a 10 turn as there are no end stops.

 

[petersv]

10 turn gives you that fine tuning, as others have said. Nice idea on the Vaq. WOuldn't it be nice to have a 2 turn Disc . There are some pricey trim pots out there that have a numerical display right in the middle of the knob, always thought that would be a premium addition to any machine with good disc.

Merry Christmas one and all.

 

[rmptr]

It's the goal of every company to be cost effective when presenting a product to the consumer.

I would never, for a single moment, even consider the Gifford family would offer a product that did not excel in it's class.

They are very nice, conscientious people with integrity evident by their standard warranty.

I like that a lot.

Best
rmptr