Sounds like you have some transistor-shaped objects. I only buy parts from Digikey and Mouser, and the occasional Adafruit purchase.
This is why. On Fri, Feb 8, 2019, 10:00 PM Thomas Kummer <tmkummer66...@gmail.com wrote: > No, but I just did, and it dropped 4.7V > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Feb 8, 2019, at 23:12, David Forbes <nixiebu...@gmail.com> wrote: > > An NPN transistor has about a 0.5V diode drop from base to emitter when > turned on with a few milliamps of base current. Do you measure this? > > > > On Fri, Feb 8, 2019, 7:08 PM Thomas Kummer <tmkummer66...@gmail.com wrote: > >> I tried a 10K and I tried a 2.2K, and a 1K, and then would ground the >> base, and still the decimal point lit up!! I took the resistor off the base >> and touched it with my finger, and the DP lit up!!! I’m 100% convinced that >> these are just cheap knockoff Chinese counterfeits as I tried through about >> 3 more transistors, and same thing happened, from now on I’m strictly >> sticking with Digi-Key for my components, no more eBay gambles I’ll just >> shell out the extra ~$10-$20. >> >> -- >> 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 post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. >> To view this discussion on the web, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/bae9a5bb-2e96-4ebe-83e0-563072142e6c%40googlegroups.com >> . >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- > 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 post to this group, send email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CAPbqtvdYZ_A7nwcF8Zse29x6Lzc2X5MF7f%2BLqrSAgbzJftLXrw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CAPbqtvdYZ_A7nwcF8Zse29x6Lzc2X5MF7f%2BLqrSAgbzJftLXrw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > -- > 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 post to this group, send email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/16C47926-3881-4D07-9C9E-55F58500030A%40gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/16C47926-3881-4D07-9C9E-55F58500030A%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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 post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CAPbqtvckTfALugMxc%2BEoETZScRY4vNMKhZPMGkCdt1c2kqzxZA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
