Hi Guys,
Lesson learned here: avoid anything "Made In China" if at humanly possible
anymore...
We've seen it here in Canada with their chicken poop-fed fish farms, their
floor-sweeping-stuffed toys, their lead-laden kids' toys, their cheap hardware,
AD NAUSEAM.
~73~ de Eddy VE3CUI - VE3XZ
On 2013-12-31, at 1:01 PM, Jim W7RY wrote:
> It's you Dave... Apparently you missed the entire point of the video.
>
> 73
> Jim W7RY
>
> On 12/31/2013 9:47 AM, David Kirkby wrote:
>> On 31 December 2013 16:57, Jim W7RY <w7ry@centurytel.net> wrote:
>>> xiaobao_semi was the seller.
>>>
>>> But you need to go here and watch this video. MOST (if not all) of the cheap
>>> hard to find parts on EBay from the far east are counterfeit.
>>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KEy5VktrOY4
>>>
>>> A real eye opener!
>>> 73
>>> Jim W7RY
>> Is it me, or is it normal practice to switch an electronic product off
>> before changing the transistor?
>>
>> He compains it gets hot and wonders why. Would it be that the metal
>> bit on that TO-220 transistor needs to be connected to a device called
>> a heat sink?
>>
>> I'm not saying they are not fake parts, but he sure has a funny way of
>> testing them.
>>
>> Dave
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