C536 = to NTE199 ?

My equiv book (assuming a 2SC536) is a general purpose 100mA, 180MHz, 40v NPN transistor.

See here for a datasheet:

Pinouts with the flat bit facing you, and legs pointing down (reading left to right) are Emitter, Collector, Base.

Equivalents are stated as BCY58, BC548, BC171, BC547. Appears not specialised by any means.

There are some real garden variety types in there to choose from, I'll leave the suppliers up to you, because if they don't have one of those, they're either very useless electronics suppliers, or they specialise in knitting instead.

"Darren"

I would just use a BC549 and twist the legs so the collector came up in the middle.

..... Phil

Know how to read a data sheet ?

VERY general purpose TO-92 npn low power device. Multiple possibilities for replacement. Note that the centre pin is collector not base.

Graham

Not same pinout but easily bodged. BC547 / 8 are common as floor dust.

Graham

Thanks All Darren

On Sun, 26 Apr 2009 21:06:28 +0930, Darren put finger to keyboard and composed:

This site may be useful:

It cross-references ECG/NTE numbers to standard parts. In your case you would look for ECG199 (= NTE199). The 2SC1815 is listed as one of the choices.

- Franc Zabkar

Data sheet on the original part:

TO-92, (EBC)

It should be pretty easy to find a generic substitute that meets those specs.

A BC547B is cheap, commonly available, & will probably work fine. Just remember that it's a (CBE) pinout, so you'll need to put it backwards to the original transistor.

replacement. Note that the centre pin is collector not

Oops! - My apologies to the OP. Yes, he'll need to bend the legs around, rather than just flipping it.

Possibly one of the cheapest, most common Japanese small signal transistors. Not something where you'd want to spend the $$$ for an NTE equivalent! ;^)