I posted on here about a week ago a circuit about testing a 2N3055 transistor. In it I said I was goin to put about 2A across the collector-emitter with a steady none pulsing DC.
I had loads of replies saying that wasn't possible as it would overheat and burn out! even with a heatsink and fan on it.
Now I decided to actually build the circuit and test it anyway with a temp probe, and with a basic small heatsink and a small fan on it, it stayed below 25 degrees!!
I have learnt a lot from this forum, but I feel that some people are giving advice from what they have read, rather than from experience!
It is miss leading and if it wasn't for the fact of I realised what they was saying was stupid. I never would have built it and would have passed on the wrong info to others.
So this is just advice to all new people to the forum, there is a great deal of knowledge to be gained form this forum, and very good advice, but if you doubt what you are being told, even from several senior members, then experiment yourself just to make sure.
I had loads of replies saying that wasn't possible as it would overheat and burn out! even with a heatsink and fan on it.
Now I decided to actually build the circuit and test it anyway with a temp probe, and with a basic small heatsink and a small fan on it, it stayed below 25 degrees!!
I have learnt a lot from this forum, but I feel that some people are giving advice from what they have read, rather than from experience!
It is miss leading and if it wasn't for the fact of I realised what they was saying was stupid. I never would have built it and would have passed on the wrong info to others.
So this is just advice to all new people to the forum, there is a great deal of knowledge to be gained form this forum, and very good advice, but if you doubt what you are being told, even from several senior members, then experiment yourself just to make sure.