LER #234 All you need to know about TRANSISTORS to fix stuff This is the 6th video in this series looking at common components and circuits, from the perspective of a repair hobbyist / technician.

In each video I hope to teach you all you need to know about the most common way in which components and circuits fail, and how to test and diagnose these faults.

00:00:00 Chapter 1 Intro
00:03:44 Chapter 2 Identifying And Testing Transistors Out Of Circuit
00:27:27 Chapter 3 Transistors And Heatsinks
00:30:10 Chapter 4 Photo Transistors
00:30:38 Chapter 5 Silicon And Germanium Transistors
00:32:09 Chapter 6 How Transistors Work
00:47:15 Chapter 7 What Goes Wrong
00:52:19 Chapter 8 How To Test Transistors In Circuit
01:00:35 Chapter 9 Testing Transistors With A Voltmeter
01:06:47 Chapter 10 Epilogue

The ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW Series
Resistors
   • All You Need To Know About RESISTORS ...  

Capacitors
   • All You Need To Know About CAPACITORS...  

Inductors
   • All You Need To Know About INDUCTORS ...  

Diodes
   • All You Need To Know About DIODES To ...  

Zener Diodes
   • All You Need To Know About Zener Diod...  

Transistors
   • All You Need To Know About TRANSISTOR...  

ATX PSU
   • All You Need To Know About ATX PSU To...  

Amplifiers
   • All You Need To Know About AMPLIFIERS...  

MOSFETs
   • All You Need To Know About MOSFETS To...  

Thermal Cameras
   • All You Need To Know About THERMAL IM...  

Power Adapters
Part 1:    • All You Need To Know About Power Adap...  
Part 2:    • All You Need To Know About Power Adap...  

My previous 'Transistors' Videos

How Transistors Work
   • Transistors Part 1. How Transistors W...  

Understanding Transistor Circuits
   • Transistors Part 2 Understanding Tran...  

How To Test Transistors
   • Transistors for Beginners Part 3  Ho...  

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EEPROM Programming
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