stan2004 posted:A rotary switch with a pile of resistors is technically a 2-terminal "variable resistor" which is not the same as a 3-terminal "potentiometer". Leo may only need the functionality of a "variable resistor" but sometimes words matter.
Au contraire Stan. There's no reason in the world you can't connect to both ends of the resistor string on the switch to make it the same as a three-terminal pot, just with steps. Words do matter, but I'm not getting your point here.