Question

What is a type B potentiometer?

Answer 1

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.