On 2020-03-21 10:18 a.m., 'jf...@my-deja.com' via neonixie-l wrote:
Almost every transistor manufacturer sold them. I remember reading that the 2N3055 spec was so loose that they could re-mark their rejects for other part numbers. Conversely, in most of my non-demanding applications (audio amplifiers, power supply pass transistors, etc.), most of the power npn transistors (e..g., TIP35) were interchangeable as long as I did not exceed the actual BVceo.
a few numbers were registers with "loose" specs. see attch (RCA 2n3055 is the right hand column). -- Charles MacDonald VA3CPY Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond the Fringe No Microsoft Products were used in sending this e-mail. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/73359ef4-778c-c1c9-3251-4ebe7f92b7d6%40zeusprune.ca.