Can anyone identify this transistor?

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Spence E

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Trying to diagnose the AC controls on my car. Took the unit out and came across a transistor that read faulty after removing from the circuit. From the research I've done, I'm to believe it's an NPN transistor as that's how it tested. Got a TIP31AG transistor from radioshack. Appears to work, but I don't get the 12v from the transistor that is needed. Any help would be greatly appreciated. 20150412_221722.jpg
 

ian field

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Trying to diagnose the AC controls on my car. Took the unit out and came across a transistor that read faulty after removing from the circuit. From the research I've done, I'm to believe it's an NPN transistor as that's how it tested. Got a TIP31AG transistor from radioshack. Appears to work, but I don't get the 12v from the transistor that is needed. Any help would be greatly appreciated. View attachment 83952
The A separated from the rest of the number threw me a bit, but it could be a 2SA part - Asian manufacturers usually leave out the 2S part of the number.

Transistors starting with 2SA are usually PNP, and some manufacturers encapsulate PNP parts in that funny blue/green epoxy - but some manufacturers pot their transistors in weird & wonderful colours, so colour isn't an absolute guarantee of polariry.
 

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Spence E

Joined Apr 13, 2015
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Thanks for the reply. That is interesting. Its also printed on the bottom of the circuit B C E where the transistor goes.
 

MikeML

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8651 looks like a date code: 1986, 51st week of the year.
Most automotive parts are "house numbered", so you cannot find data sheets or cross-reference.
 

#12

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I tried the 2SA and got nothing.
This is part of the automotive controls and I fear to participate because it is against the rules of the site.
 

ScottWang

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