Generic control knobs for electrical devices

Jan 06, 2012 11 Replies

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


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

Junk shop selling old radios?

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)

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

Round here

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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

In message , David WE Roberts writes

I prolly have loads - post a photo or send to snipped-for-privacy@cetltd.com and I'll see what I can do

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

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

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

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

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