diffrent resistance of pots

[DieCastBlue]

Hi,

  just ordered some 50k pots for my midibox, just looked at them, they have 3 legs, some seems to be ground, 1 the variable resistance, and the other seems to be total resistance (equal to if it were turned right up). I just checked a few of them, and noticed they all have diffrent resistances, about 45 - 50K. Is this OK, or are they bad pots to use?

Thanks

[pay_c]

The total resistance doesn´t matter to much as you´re using them as voltage-dividers. This means the total resistance does not count in any amount, you´re measuring the voltage between 0 V and 5 V, NOT the resistance.

Greets. :)