{"id":9559,"date":"2025-09-17T09:08:40","date_gmt":"2025-09-17T15:08:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.warmzone.com\/blog\/?post_type=glossary&#038;p=9559"},"modified":"2025-09-17T09:08:41","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T15:08:41","slug":"potentiometer","status":"publish","type":"glossary","link":"https:\/\/www.warmzone.com\/blog\/glossary\/potentiometer\/","title":{"rendered":"Potentiometer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A variable resistor that is used for control, such as the volume control on a radio. It divides the voltage in a way that is proportional to its <span class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"cmtt_0970b276dce0369f94e49335e47769f6\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">resistance<\/span>. It consists, in one form, as a wiper or slider that can be moved across fixed contacts, which varies the <span class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"cmtt_0970b276dce0369f94e49335e47769f6\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">resistance<\/span>. The greater the <span class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"cmtt_0970b276dce0369f94e49335e47769f6\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">resistance<\/span>, the less electricity flows through the <span class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"cmtt_d693369c346a5ac5b54ec192bacce7b5\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">potentiometer<\/span>. To one extreme of the wiper&rsquo;s movement, there is a maximum <span class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"cmtt_0970b276dce0369f94e49335e47769f6\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">resistance<\/span> and no electricity flow. At the other extreme, there is no added <span class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"cmtt_0970b276dce0369f94e49335e47769f6\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">resistance<\/span>, and electricity flow is a its maximum for the circuit in which the <span class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"cmtt_d693369c346a5ac5b54ec192bacce7b5\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">potentiometer<\/span> is located. A <span class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"cmtt_2559d883b1f94b6f2c97d7a9e4d369ff\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Zmesh<\/span> or <span class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"cmtt_473480cb8a4a7606e121ecc97394dfbf\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">Tuff Cable<\/span> system uses a <span class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"cmtt_d693369c346a5ac5b54ec192bacce7b5\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">potentiometer<\/span> in their control boxes.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A variable resistor that is used for control, such as the volume control on a radio. It divides the voltage in a way that is proportional to its <span class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"cmtt_0970b276dce0369f94e49335e47769f6\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">resistance<\/span>. It consists, in one form, as a wiper or slider that can be moved across fixed contacts, which varies the <span class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"cmtt_0970b276dce0369f94e49335e47769f6\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">resistance<\/span>. The greater the <span class=\"glossaryLink\" aria-describedby=\"tt\" data-cmtooltip=\"cmtt_0970b276dce0369f94e49335e47769f6\" data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]' tabindex=\"0\" role=\"link\">resistance<\/span>, the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-9559","glossary","type-glossary","status-publish","hentry","description-off"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.1.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Potentiometer | Warmzone Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.warmzone.com\/blog\/glossary\/potentiometer\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Potentiometer | Warmzone Blog\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A variable resistor that is used for control, such as the volume control on a radio. 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