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Absolutely not!a bc548 will also work if your circuit needs less current (300ma)
Absolutely not!
The max current for a BC548 is only 100mA. A BC327 has a max current of 500mA and a 2N4401 has a max current of 600mA.
Please read the datasheet before making wrong statements.
Now that is truly odd: your datasheet (for the BC548/A/B/C) does indeed show a maximum Ic of 500mA.
But my Fairchild datasheet for the BC546/547/548/549/550 (a different one) shows a maximum of only 100mA. What's the deal here? Will the real BC548 please stand up?
The BC548 was invented by Philips and has a 100mA max current. The original BC108 was in a metal case and its max current was also 100mA as shown in my 1968 Philips Silicon Transistors databook.
I also agree that Ziddik is playing games with "copy and paste". Anybody can copy and paste the spec's for a 2N3055 power transistor (15A max current) onto the datasheet of a little BC548. But the date in the properties shows when it was done.
@audioguru
..this is where from i downloaded the schematic..check it before babbling..https://philohome.com/sensors/gp2d12/gp2d12-datasheets/bc548.pdf
Ziddik,
You are correct. I am sorry I accused you of tampering with the PDF.
The properties does not show the date when the PDF was made, it shows the date it was downloaded and saved.
Maybe a kid at Philohome played with copy and paste.
Likely the same reason hackers try to break into your computer and foul it up. Some people get a perverse pleasure out of messing things up for others.....[/b]? Why would someone create such a misleading document?....