Why Tejon's ground balance knob spins 360* forever?

[heavymetalbeeper]

I was handling a Tejon today at the local shop and of course it was no help asking the sales person as she knows nothing about most everything in the store except how to work the register. The Tjon ground balance knob has less resistance(easier) to turn and continually turns in either direction for infinity. Is that normal and if so why did Tesoro design it that way without a stop? Are all GB units this way?

 

[tabman]

It's normal.

tabman

 

[Hombre]

If you "click on" to the Tesoro website at the top of this page, it has a manual section, then you can read up on whatever Tesoro you are interested in.

 

[MarkCZ]

I was handling a Tejon today at the local shop and of course it was no help asking the sales person as she knows nothing about most everything in the store except how to work the register. The Tjon ground balance knob has less resistance(easier) to turn and continually turns in either direction for infinity. Is that normal and if so why did Tesoro design it that way without a stop? Are all GB units this way?

No, not all are made that way, but Tesoro does this with some of their models.
Yes! this is normal for the Tejon, it has a three turn (multi-turn) pot. The idea is the ground balance range (adjustability) is spread out over three turns, instead of crowding it into a single turn control pot. At the end of the three turns it has a drag like feel, that's why it doesn't have a scale around the control.

Mark

 

[Rainyday101]

Multi turn pots do not have hard stops. A single turn pot has about 300 degrees of rotation with stops at each end. On a multi-turn you can turn forever. If you listen real real close you can hear the metal tab in the pot click when it flops over. The resistance range is only 3 turns, but you can keep turning it. All electronics multi turn pots are like this. If you turn that pot at least four full turns clockwise you will for sure be past it's resistance range. From this point turn 1.5 turns counter clockwise and you will be right in the middle of the pots range.