William Bross wrote: > > Well, there are two in each bulb -- one blown and one good -- always the > same ones. The good ones certainly look like an NPN on the ohm meter. > But, I could be wrong. I don't regularly play with SCRs and triacs. > Tonight I'll trace out the circuit just for fun and see if I can calculate > a suitable substitute if I don't get any hits. > Thanks, > Bill Bill, try a 2SC2335, these are a good rugged high volt transistor in TO220. We use them a lot in TVs if we can't get the exact spec part, as the 2SC2335 has better specs than most parts in that package. They are common and cheap, <$2 US. -Roman -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The PICList is archived three different ways. See http://www.piclist.com/#archives for details.