On Friday, June 15, 2018 at 7:32:12 PM UTC-4, wrote:

Better to feed in the values used in circuit plus a suitable margin. Many times I used beefier trannies than required because they were cheaper. TIPs in particular.


NT

Ya think?
Yeah, I try to reduce the issue of future failures by using replacement parts that are stronger/better than OEM. Except in the case of some resistors and diodes that seem to have a fuse function.

Peter Wieck
Melrose Park, PA