Wanted BC184c or equivalent

[dude24man]

Hello, looking for (10) BC184c's for repair on my bae283 card.

 

[Whoops]

Hi mate,
you can replace the BC184C with the MPSA18 which is a great transistor and readily available.
That's my advice use the MPSA18, just be aware that pinout is the oposite of the BC184, so the position in the board of the MPSA18 will be reversed compared to the BC184.

Only source that I know at the present for BC184C transistors, was a link posted by Ian (ruffrecords) some days ago:

https://www.silicon-ark.co.uk/index.php?route=product/search&search=bc184c
Also check this thread:

https://groupdiy.com/threads/aml-ez1073pre-noise-figures.82505/#post-1099471

 

[nielsk]

BC550
works great, same pin-out, you will not hear any difference
HFE is not so vastly higher than BC184

 

[Potato Cakes]

+1 for MPSA18s

 

[ruffrecords]

The BC184C from Silicon-Ark have arrived. The first one tested had hFE = 515 @ Ic = 5mA, 2nd 529, 3rd 530, 4th 539 and 5th 547.

That's 10% of the number I bought so I am pretty confident they will all be over 500 ( I had to buy 55 of them the get to the minimum order value). Anyone who wants a few PM me and I will pop them in the post.

Cheers

Ian

 

[dude24man]

Thanks so much for the info,

 

[13engrsapper]

I like those BC550 and 560 transistors.

 

[Ricardus]

The BC184C from Silicon-Ark have arrived.

Silicon Ark is awesome. I've bought stuff from them in the past.

 

[ruffrecords]

I have sold all the ones in the last batch so I have ordered another 100 of them. PM me if you want any. I will be passing them on at cost.

Cheers

Ian