In article , (GregS) wrote:
In article , "Travis Jordan"
wrote:
Dave wrote:
I've identified a bad transistor in the power supply of an audio
component, circa 1981. It's a 2SB527 PNP transistor... I had a bit
of a look around on the net and didn't find any quick easy sources.

Xref:
http://www.st.com/stonline/books/pdf/docs/4171.pdf



2SB527 PS TO125 110 v 90v 5v 2A 10WT 50minHFE
Froms Towers Transistor Selector No freq. given.

There is also some crosses at
http://www.ee.washington.edu/circuit...rts/cross.html

Also my page.
http://www.pitt.edu/~szekeres/shopchip.htm

I forgot to list the USA/Euro equivalant, also in the Towers book.
2n5180 and Euro BD140


Type in BD140 in findchips.com

Most people would just use the NTEreplacement.
I found a distributor who claims to sell this Towers
International Transistor Selector from 1977 ??

greg