SWAN808 said:
Hi All I am sourcing components for a build. Can anyone recommend good, reliable and affordable suppliers for pots and rotary switches?
You haven't mentioned any wishes regarding size, neither if you want them for PCB mount or wired.
Lorlin switches are inexpensive, but big (one inch diameter) compared to the more expensive (but very popular amongst DIY'ers) Grayhill.
As to potentiometers, Bourns have recently added a new line, the PDB series, in 17mm diameter. Indeed, they are standard chinese stuff, but the price is acceptable and the availability is not bad.
An added advantage for DIY'ers is that their dual Log pots are constituted of a Log wafer and a facing RevLog, making it possible, by swapping wafers, to create dual RevLogs, which are particularly hard to get.
You have to consider the type of shaft. You may find a suitable pot but finding its shaft is not compatible with the knob you have chosen. One-piece plastic knobs are the less expensive. You can get them from Alibaba for about £0.1 each; some collet knobs may cost as much as £10!
BTW, in the title, you mentioned push-switches; what about them?