Problem with volume control - Valab

[Paul Birkeland]

Cutting my losses on this one.  Think i'm going to order a normal decent quality Pot!

One came with your kit, give it a shot!

 

[richie60]

Finally had a message from the seller on ebay:

Dear Sir:
Oh, so sorry for my late answer.
I have a bad cold from last week.
This is a one man business. so I fail to process your request until today.

You do not connect it right way, not a defect.

In -> connect to signal source. .
Out --> connect to your signal input of your circuit board.
G -> ground.

You must connect it wrong way.

It is ok, If you fail to use it.
I will issue full refund to you.

Sincerely, Kevin

He must think I'm an idiot! Think I know how to wire up the PCB on the volume control.

 

[Tom-s]

It's reversed somewhere.
For now you could just switch input and output.
This would give you a working volume control that works anti-clockwise for now.

Edit: On second thought, i'm wrong about that last sentence.

 

[JamieMcC]

Looking at your pic it looks a bit unclear if two of your black ground wires which are connected to the outside edge are connected to the correct ground positions I see other clearly marked ground positions on the pcb just not ones on that outside edge where two of your black leads are connected.

 

[borism]

I got the same Valab and installed it in the past month. The outside edge is connected to the ground tab in the middle (R). To me the wiring in the picture seems good.

 

[richie60]

Update:

I have just installed my new replacement volume control, an Audionote 100K Potentiometer, cost me £36 Inc.  Vat & shipping direct from Audionote themselves. Had to widen the hole in the plate a little bit further to accommodate the 10mm thread but that was easy with a round file. Currently sat here listening to some tunes on the amp, all is well...

I'll post some pictures later on...

I would like to thank all of you that have tried to help me figure out the problems I've been having.

Richard