Finally a china version of the Alpha endless pots!

Hah! Finally! I just discovered these:

https://www.globalsources.com/Rotary-potentiometer/Rotary-potentiometers-1148135774p.htm

https://www.globalsources.com/Rotary-potentiometer/Rotary-potentiometers-1148135774p.htm

It's a clone of the Alpha RV112FF-series endless pots, this one is by HongYu and named H111KGP+T4 360°Endless:

http://www.hongh.com/product/291.html

NB: HongYu also sells a non-360°Endless version named H111KGP+T4, so be sure to order the correct one!

Here is the original RV112FF datasheet:

Compared to the one for the H111KGP+T4:

I'd say it's a drop-in replacement.

The specs are almost the same too, it's like they just copied the datasheet ;-)

RV112FF

H111KGP+T4 360°Endless

The MOQ at globalsources is 1000, but for a price of around $0.5-0.8 I get 1000 for the price of around 200 of the Alpha one. Now, I've already ordered the original, but perhaps I should consider this as a backup.