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Old 27th Jan 2023, 11:23 am   #1
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Default Strange transistor test results.

I've got a Chinese component tester, (91make.taobao). I put a salvaged Motorola 2N3716 dated 7840 in it and it gave me "NPN, B=112, Uf=492mV. but miss-identified the E and C connections. This I don't understand. I seem to recall very early point contact transistors were symmetrical but not these.
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Old 27th Jan 2023, 11:55 am   #2
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Default Re: Strange transistor test results.

They can be confused by power transistors. These cheapo component analysers are useful but certainly not perfect - they often misidentify Ge devices, for example.
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