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MrBungle · 10th Feb 2018, 9:34 pm

Vaguely on topic but when I was a kid my pyromaniac cousin found they blow the glass seal out (loudly) if you chuck them in a fire. Taking it slightly less extreme perhaps application of heat may work. Then you could reseal the new transistor in with epoxy.

10th Feb 2018, 9:34 pm	#10
MrBungle Dekatron Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: London, UK. Posts: 3,687	*Re: AF 11 Transistors. Innards Removal?** Vaguely on topic but when I was a kid my pyromaniac cousin found they blow the glass seal out (loudly) if you chuck them in a fire. Taking it slightly less extreme perhaps application of heat may work. Then you could reseal the new transistor in with epoxy.