stepped adj. pots - Make before Break?

[dogwan]

I want to replace some crappy old variable resistance adjustment pots with a multi-position rotary switch using discrete resistors.

On a speaker crossover my instinct tells me this should be a shorting (or Make before Break) switch to protect the Mid and Tweeters. Am I correct?

 

[dc270]

Advent used a slide switch with 2 or 3 positions I think.
DC

 

[dogwan]

Yeah, but was it shorting or non-shorting?

 

[dc270]

don't recall, I'll try to dig up a schematic......

 

[dogwan]

Don't bother. Schem. probably won't tell you. Besides, I'm not going to use a slide switch in this application.

 

[ConradH]

AFAIK, the toggle switches used were regular switches, not make before break. IMO, that's not a big deal in a crossover though I wouldn't switch anything at high volumes. Usually people worry about make before break with stepped attenuators at line level, to avoid pops.