Phil Allison said:
"Trevor Wilson"
** The specs on that BJT are exceptional - he will need the original
type.
BTW:
Watch out for TO3P ( as well as TO3) fakes at WES - bought a couple of
Toshiba 2SA1941s that were anything but genuine.
**Tell me about it! I'm starting to lose patience with WES. One of my
colleagues got stuck with fake MOSFETs (for TV repair work). Two different
types too.
More recently, I ordered and received a couple of RCA-RCA leads. Part
#OFC608. They are (or more correctly, WERE) a bloody nice product.
Polyethylene centre conductor insulation, plenty of conductors, aluminium
AND copper braid shielding, nice looking and well bonded to the RCA
connectors. In about 6 years, I've never had a problem with them. I've
installed them into countless customer's systems. They are (or were) FAR
superior to WES's next lower grade product. Although the cheaper product had
fancy looking gold plated connectors and a pretty blue sheath, it was just
bog-standard, crappy RCA cable. Shitty PVC insulation, around double the
capacitance and crappy shielding.
Anyhoo, one of the latest cables developed a fault as soon as I installed
it. Curious, I stripped the cable apart. I found the older, cheaper cable,
with a fancy light blue jacket wrapped around the whole shebang.
I am now attempting to track down all the cables I've sold in recent times.
I'll be sending them back to WES and demanding proper replacements.
