Info on piece of equip?

Anyone know anything about the Supercricket TF30 Transistor/FET testor? Do they run on batteries/AC? Reliable? Personal experiences with these?

I'm thinking about getting one, but don't really know anything about transistor testors. Are there better models for the price? Should I just cut to the chase and go to a higher end piece of equipment? What would YOU recommend?

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They are great as they can test transistor/FET gain in circuit . The manufacturer has a newer model nowadays. My TF30 uses electricity.

regards Andrew

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Hello Andrew...

Electricity. Yeah. :) Sorry if the question was that stupid, but I wondered if it had to plug in or did it use batteries. Oh well.

Is the newer model the TF46? I found an old article on that model in an old Popular Electronics. Haven't ordered it yet, but it's on the to-do list.

Thanks for the input.

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I actually had to adapt mine to 240 Volts by putting a new transformer in it, the original had a dead 110 Volt one. Hope you get as much use out of yours as I have out of mine. The circuit basically tests gain at 2Khz and bias various quantities of DC Current/Voltage into the device under test. The method only very rarely gives you a false test. So next to Bob Parkers E.S.R. meter it is the most useful piece of incircuit repair equipment ever made. I would also include the huntron tracker in the list for testing the I/O of IC's but all in all it really does make life easy when I find myself testing large circuits, such as used in T & M and other stuff when I don't have a schematic which is way to often for my own liking.

regards Andrew

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