Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: OT Transistors

In a message dated 04-May-02 13:58:22 Central Daylight Time,
johnhe-uk@... writes:

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> How easy is it to total a transistor?<<

Exceedingly easy! If you connect the B to C, which is also at +ve, and E at
-ve, ZAP! B must ALWAYS have an appropriate current-limiting resistor in
series with it and +ve (uh, if an NPN transistor; -ve, if PNP). For a TO-92,
you'd want

I'm making this really simple circuit > to add an effect to my guitar and

> it absolutely refuses to work. I must have
> turned every part on the board around about 5 times already.<<

Turning parts CAN be OK. But it can ALSO zap transistors without giving a
hint! You must NEVER "turn parts" in the sockets to "change pins around"
unless you know EXACTLY what you are doing! Because that can not only zap
the semiconductors you are fumbling with, it might wreck part of the circuit
in which they stand!

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