Pots? how to wire.....

[Hararge]

Hey,
After doing my own research, i've decided that i'm not good at researching and asking is easier and more effective. So....

Been ebaying, bought 2 humbuckers (dimarzio dual sound and evans eliminator 2 rythmn - any feedback on the evans is appreciated, couldn't find that much about them, but apparently they're amazing?) and 4 pots destined for an old les paul copy i acquired...

The pots supposedly originally came with some emgs and were surplus - hence sale. They are wired together in a chain, but non of the wiring diagrams i've looked at seem to match this arrangement. I also don't know which is intended for tone and which for vol, i think i do, but im unsure.
-They are in 2 pairs connected via a ground wire.
-Each pair has one pot labelled A500k and one B500K
-The A500k have 223 resistors(?) between 2nd terminal and ground. I think this is the tone pot....
-The B500k pots have terminal 1 grounded and the 3 terminal wired to the 1st of the A500k

Why are the wires and resistor as they are - i'm yet to see a pic with this format. Can i just take it apart and use either pot as a tone or vol?

Any explainations much appreciated, and i'll be back with more wiring dilemmas in the future i'm sure...
Harry

[Lordathestrings]

The 500K means that the resistance between the end terminals is 500,000 Ohms. The A & B designate the amount of change in resistance value at the centre terminal relative to the motion of the shaft. Don't worry about it; just be aware that they are different.

That 'resistor' is actually a capacitor. The 223 means 22,000 pF (pico Farad) or 22 nF (nano Farad). So that is the Tone pot.

I don't know about the Evans, but those values should work OK for the Dual Sound. Check out DiMarzio (http://www.dimarzio.com/) to see how to wire them up.