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What is a type B potentiometer?


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  1. IN USA and Asia, the potentiometer is manufactured and is marked as types A, B, and C.
  2. Type A refers to the logarithmic taper.
  3. Type B potentiometer refers to the linear taper.
  4. Type B potentiometer also called as a linear potentiometer.
  5. Linear taper potentiometers are the potentiometer if we turn the wiper of the potentiometer its resistance will change in a linear fashion.
  6. Type C potentiometer refers to reverse logarithmic taper.
  7. The potentiometer are commonly used for measuring the voltage across a branch of circuit.

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