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RE: Looking for Transistors


From: Keith, Brendan ( )
Date: Wed Jan 13 1999 - 15:45:52 CST


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> From: Matt Rossiter - Verio Southern
> California[SMTP: ]
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> Just out of curiosity, how did you replace the transistors on the Armor
> Attack without running into the hassle of getting that huge heat sink out?
> That's a bit of work just to help out a fellow collector. :)
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I hassled with getting the heat sink out because I had to replace them.
It's gotta be done. But afterwards, the transistors aren't soldered in.
They are on TO3 (?) sockets. Just unscrew them and pop in replacements.
(With appropriate insulators and grease.)

Brendan Keith


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