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I've got a whole collection of (unclassified) transistors.
I'll know that a dot on it can mean it is a matched pair.
But I also have transistors with several colours.
Do these colours have a meaning?
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Yes, its just the part number without the prefix, like 2N etc..
Colors are the same numbering as resistor colors. So red red red red would be 2N2222 etc...
https://www.instructables.com/From-Resistors-to-ICs-Color-Codes/
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Ah, thanks. That makes the classification job easier. Topline color = first digit?
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Please show the other side of those transistors. The "colour-code" hypothesis is not really credible to me.
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I know those coloured stripes as ranking for h
FE
or I
DSS
, not the actual part number.
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I think you are right. There are several A06's but they have different colours
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Do you have more info on which colour is used for which property?
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