Rheostats & Potentiometers
Here at LPC Components, we manufacture high-quality wire wound resistors designed to restrict or limit a circuit’s current flow. We make a number of both potentiometers and rheostats – find out more about our products below;
Ceramic Wire Wound Potentiometers
Potentiometers, or simply “pots”, are three-terminal, mechanically-operated devices that can be found in a variety of different electrical circuits. Potentiometers enable you to regulate and change the current flowing through a circuit, meaning that they can be used for a variety of different applications, from audio control to the displacement of a particular object.
We manufacture a range of different potentiometers, from slide to rotary, all of which offer accurate and reliable voltage control for all kinds of applications.
Some of our potentiometers include:
- Steel Enclosure Potentiometers
- High Power Potentiometers
- Open Wire Wound Potentiometers
- Front Board Mounting
- Back Board Mounting
- Bench Mounted Units
- Motorised Potentiometers
- Double Ganged & Triple Ganged Units
- Knobs, Dials & Accessories
Rheostats
Rheostats, like potentiometers, are variable resistors used to control the current flowing through a circuit. However, unlike potentiometers, they use two terminals, even when three are present. As rheostats have to carry a very significant current, they are often constructed as wire wound resistors.
We manufacture a variety of rheostats suitable for different commercial applications. Whether you need a rheostat for control, tuning or calibration, our variable rheostats are efficient and up to the task.
Here are some of the types of rheostats we manufacture:
- High Power Rheostats (Torostats)
- Open Wound Rheostats
- Enclosed Rheostats
- Front Board Mounting
- Back Board Mounting
- Bench Mounted Units
- Motorised Rheostats
- Double Ganged & Triple Ganged Units
- Knobs, Dials & Accessories
If you would like to find out more about how LPC Components can improve the performance of your circuits, get in touch with our expert team today.