Re: Re: WG6401 D40P3 neck board transistor parts source

Pretty much all CRT's use the same gun voltages . You could probably get away
with using transistors from about any color TV. You just have to make sure the
pinouts are the same or correct for the difference..

Fred

>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Joseph Magiera <joemagiera@ameritech.net>
> To: vectorlist@vectorlist.org
> Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2007 06:34:48 -0800 (PST)
> Subject: VECTOR: WG6401 D40P3 neck board transistor parts source
>
> >
> > I am posting this pretty much for archive purposes. After years of just
> sitting there, I've really had the bug to get my Aztarac going. A friend of
> mine working on the WG19K6401 monitor found two bad transistors on the neck
> board, Q500 & Q501. The label was not readable on the actual transistor. The
> manual listed them as "Transistor D40P3 (NPN)".
> >
> > Our usual searches could find nothing on this. I called up Wells Gardner
> (they are actually pretty friendly people) and talked to one of the long time
> techs. Since they've moved locations, they've tossed a lot of the old
> documentation, but he did find something that identified them as a GE part. Not
> much, but turned out to be just enough additional info.
> >
> > After searching around, I found a couple sources for them, Direct Components
> Inc in Florida, 813-835-3883, $6 each, with a minimum order of $25, and JMS
> Electronics in North Hollywood CA, 818-764-3303. They had them for $3.50 each
> with a $50 minimum, but I happened to have a friend out there and JMS told me
> that if someone picked up in person, paid with cash (exact change) he'd sell
> them for $2.50 each with no minimum. My buddy picked them up the same day and
> mailed them to me. Popped them in and now I have another hurdle on the Aztarac
> crossed off. I found one other source, I can't even remember who right now, but
> their price was $10.50 each. Easy to see why I forgot them.
> >
> > FYI, an NTE171 is listed as a replacement (which is readily available), and
> I suppose it would probably work, but after looking at the specifications for
> each, we decided they were different enough to go with the original.
> >
>
> woohoo, another NTE code.
>
> why didnt you just see what the part was doing and then look at a similar
> monitor for a suitable replacement?
>
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