Cts Push Pull Pot Wiring
Product description high quality cts 500k audio taper pot with push pull dpdt switch.
Cts push pull pot wiring. Cts push pull pots split the coils of humbuckers for single coil operation. The diagram below shows how the terminal assignments translate from one style to the other. For humbucking pickups with series link access 3 wire 5 wire etc. Short shaft 3 8 bushing height 24 tooth fine spline shaft.
Not intended for use with import guitars using metric components. Short body height and side mounted contacts require less space than standard push pull pots 1 depth making them ideal for thin bodied guitars with a shallow body cavity. When the push pull is in the down position terminals 2 and 4 are also connected. The cts push pull pot has six possible connections into it s circuit board and thence to its poles.
Push pull pots are essentially dpdt double pole double throw switches. So looking at the 6 solder terminals c1 c2 c being common are always connected. Cts push pull pot wiring help black winter thank for helping folks but switching lug 1 and 3 only made it the pot work in reverse. Use to add phase coil tapping series parallel and other custom options.
Complete with wiring diagram each kit features trusted components used for decades in gibson and other iconic american instruments. The issue still remains that in the pulled position is the humbucker and in the push position is the single coil. Double pole double throw allows modification including coil splits coil taps phase shifting. The signal enters lug 1 of the volume pot and lug 1 is also connected to the input of the tone pot.
Unlike other push pull pots on the market which use mini pots these top quality push pulls are made from full size cts pots. When the switch is in the up position terminals 1 and 3 are active. When your push pull pot is down all the wiring is the same as a strat or a tele. High quality cts push pull pot brass bushing and shaft.
While 2 and 4 are switched off. The solder terminals are laid out a little differently but the connections are electrically the same. It is in effect two separate switches with three poles each enabling you to split two humbuckers at once with one switch or just to use one half and split one humbucker.