bc183lc pinout?

[shoegazed]

hi there,

i've been doing a lot of searching about these transistors, but haven't found too much about them. is there a different pinout for these and if so what is it? i'm trying to use them in a fuzz build, and took a chance on ebay.

any help would be appreciated.

[haveyouseenhim]

Front page of google when searching 'bc183lc pinout' :

[shoegazed]

cool,...  it happened to be this, but thanks for your timely response...
1.e 2.c 3.b
http://www.datasheetcatalog.org/datasheet/fairchild/BC183LC.pdf

[R O Tiree]

That's why I bought one of these:

[digi2t]

I'm not sure if it applies to ALL transistor, so no "word of God" here;

In my travels, 2N**** trannies are generally 1.e 2.b 3.c, whereas BC**** tend to be 1.e 2.c 3.b. Like I said loose rule of thumb. But...

That's why I bought one of these:

BOOM!


Yeah, I bought one as well.

[Pyr0]

Not really a good rule of thumb, quite a lot of BCxxx transistors are EBC, take the well known BC108, BC109 for example.

[digi2t]

Not really a good rule of thumb, quite a lot of BCxxx transistors are EBC, take the well known BC108, BC109 for example.

Yes, you're absolutely right where the metal cans are concerned. I was thinking of the the TO-92 versions.

Didn't mean to create any confusion. In the end, a datasheet, or tester, should be the word.

Thanks for pointing that out pyro.

[shoegazed]

thanks so much for all of the replies. i need to look into one of those testers...

[wyn]

i got the pinout wrong on mine as well, the BC183LC ive got are BCE, which is not what the datasheet said

[Ice-9]

No real rule of thumb, many transistors starting 2Nxxx have different pinouts as well as all other index numbers. You need to find the datasheet for the manufacturer and exact transistor number.

[Brisance]

That's why I bought one of these:

what is this sorcery?

[duck_arse]

i got the pinout wrong on mine as well, the BC183LC ive got are BCE, which is not what the datasheet said

the most important part of this part # is the "L". it sends the pinouts all funny, and can cause meltdowns. check that the datasheet said L.

[Perrow]

what is this sorcery?

http://www.peakelec.co.uk/acatalog/jz_dca55.html

[davent]

That's why I bought one of these:

what is this sorcery?

There was an inexpensive Chinese, unboxed meter available that performed this function as well as others, not sure where or if it's still available.

Many DMM's have a spot to plug transistors in for reading the hfe, you'll get a reading once the pins are inserted into the correct slots, so when in doubt about a pinout keep testing until the reading makes sense, just trail and error.