Re: volume control adapter?

["Simon Biber" <simon@basilisk2.cjb.net>]

Haha 10M is a bit much!

Actually if you connect my circuit between the two lines that go to the
speaker and forget about the ground then it will work either polarity. You
just turn the pot the other way.

Simon.

> Simon:
> You are assuming that they get the thing on with the proper polarity.  If
they
> reverse your curcuit then there will be problems with an absolute ground
> reference.
>
> Again without looking at the circuit that drives the speaker, the safest
way to
> control the speaker is with a pot in series between the wiper and one end.
I
> used this on my II+ for a couple of years without incident.  I had minimum
8
> ohms for the speaker (max volume) and 10Meg ohms (min volume).  Very safe.
> (Linear 10M pot sucked, it muted about a quarter turn but at least I
didn't wake
> Mom up.)
>
> Thankx,
> Ed