Generic control knobs for electrical devices

[David WE Roberts]

I have a Bionaire fan heater with a broken control knob. I've Googled the support people and talked to them but they don't stock any spares.

I am having trouble locating anywhere that supplies generic spares.

Round knobs which fit onto a 'D' shaped shaft are very common on electronic devices so in theory there should be a generic replacement out there somewhere.

Thanks for any pointers.

Cheers

Dave R

[Dave Plowman (News)]

Maplin?

[grimly4]

'distributors' since I assume you don't need a bagful.

[Roger Mills]

Junk shop selling old radios?

[Adrian Brentnall]

Hi David If you have a photo of the remaining bits or can draw up a simple sketch then I've probably got something suitable here.... which I'll happily post to you.

Adrian (email address works)

[JohnW]

Make your mind up! do you want round or pointers?

Round here

like this? spares are a good source of various knobs which usually fit standard pot sizes, and can be had with legends that go up to 10 (11 is not unheard of!)

John

[geoff]

In message , David WE Roberts writes

I prolly have loads - post a photo or send to [e-mail] and I'll see what I can do

[David WE Roberts]

Thanks for responses so far. Detail to be assembled tomorrow.

[The Natural Philosopher]

google guitar knobs - there's a supplier of just about every knowb thats ever been made that I found that way.

[geoff]

Except that the best ones go up to 11, prolly burn the heater out in overdrive

[David WE Roberts]

Ah - CPC, Farnell, RS and others. So probably best to use traditional methods instead of a general search on Google :-) Thanks

[chris French]

Ebay