In message <200408292351.TAA02231_at_Sparkle.Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA>
der Mouse <mouse_at_rodents.montreal.qc.ca> wrote:
> I don't know the SOT23 package. I do know I have seen surface-mount
> devices I would have no trouble believing capable of carrying five
> amps. This is another reason I asked for pictures, if possible; if (as
> I infer from your note) the SOT23 package is too small for it to
> plausibly hold a five-amp device, that theory slips down the list.
A SOT23 is about the size of the body of a 1N914 or 1N4148 diode :)
> > More like the '5A' is a code for the diode type.
>
> That's one plausible other theory I have, too. A third is that the
> device is something more like a voltage regulator and the CR
> designation on the board does not indicate a rectifier, but instead,
> perhaps, a parts-list code, or maybe refers to some other device, or
> whatnot. Another reason to want pictures: to estimate how plausible
> some of those theories are.
So no-one saw the link I posted then?
It's listed as both a transistor (with a "CR" part designation, unlikely) and
a rectifier diode - can't remember the specifics, but it was listed.
Later.
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