<div dir="ltr">Hi! <div><br></div><div>When I have tested Ge-transistors for fuzz pedals, I've used R.G. Keen's circuit for testing leakage and hFe. </div><div><br></div><div><a href="http://www.geofex.com/Article_Folders/ffselect.htm">http://www.geofex.com/Article_Folders/ffselect.htm</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>I let the transistor cool down from the warmth of my fingers handling them before reading the values since small temperature changes have a huge impact on leakage and hFe. </div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">Den tis 8 feb. 2022 kl 09:26 skrev Michael E Caloroso via Synth-diy <<a href="mailto:synth-diy@synth-diy.org">synth-diy@synth-diy.org</a>>:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Ge devices are notorious for reverse bias breakdown.  That would confuse any auto detection test algorithm.  The only bench test equipment that would work for these is a curve tracer.<div><br></div><div>I would never trust any NOS Ge devices on the market.  By now the supply will have gone through multiple hands, with good ones retained and flaky ones passed to unsuspecting buyers.</div><div><br></div><div>MC</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Feb 8, 2022 at 2:23 AM Mathias Neumann <<a href="mailto:alfrede@opferindustries.de" target="_blank">alfrede@opferindustries.de</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hi at all,<br>
<br>
here is the github repo for all documentation and firmware.<br>
<br>
<a href="https://github.com/kubi48/TransistorTester-source" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/kubi48/TransistorTester-source</a><br>
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<a href="https://github.com/kubi48/TransistorTester-documentation" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/kubi48/TransistorTester-documentation</a><br>
<br>
or this with changelog in the pdf's<br>
<br>
<a href="https://github.com/madires/Transistortester-Warehouse/tree/master/Documentation" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">https://github.com/madires/Transistortester-Warehouse/tree/master/Documentation</a><br>
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<br>
Mathias<br>
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Am 08.02.22 um 00:49 schrieb René Schmitz:<br>
> On 07.02.2022 23:08, cheater cheater wrote:<br>
>> Thanks! What sort of things should I be seeing if I connect only CE <br>
>> or only BE?<br>
><br>
> BE would act like a Ge Diode.<br>
><br>
> If it makes no difference whether the Base is connected, then you are <br>
> measuring only the leakage, and there is no transistor effect.<br>
><br>
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