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Originally Posted by trent_julie
We all know that sensitive electronics do well to protect the fuse  |
Ain't that the truth!
Also forgot to mention, the replacement parts came from UTsource (they were not freely available). A parts provider I've got good parts from before. This time...the Transistors looked decidedly 2nd hand, lots of solder over the legs, yet the legs were full length not cut down.
I could go on but suffice to say they looked a bit dodgy but they do appear have worked ok.!
I checked them prior to install (with multimeter) their Vf junction voltages were spot on and my
Mega328 transistor tester (Karl-Heinz Kübbeler knock off) showed them to be same fwd junction voltage ok and Beta gain of 15...but for some quirky reason my tester doesn't show any other transistor parameters apart from junction ident. Think I need a new one.
I also got FR157 diodes from them. They looked even more dodgy. They were quite a bit smaller and their ident part print on the body was very very poor quality. I didn't use them the original were ok.
So over all ...decidedly unimpressed this time.