> Kev wrote:
>        you could try the 2N5060 Rated at 30v  0.8A RMS 200ua gate current
or
> the 2N5061 which is higher voltage (60V)
>
I just found an NTE5400 which has same spec as 2N5060...  tried it in my
design,
but unfortunately I think I may have smoked a couple of them!   I misread
the 200uA
gate current spec (thought I was seeing mA :^(  ... so didn't use any
current limiting
resistor on the gate.   With 0.25V+ on the gate, I'd have expected to be
able to cause
the device to "latch", but I'm not seeing any current at all.  Would you
agree, "it's
dead, Jim!"?  BTW, I'm using these in a pure DC context, to programmatically
latch an LCD backlight "ON".   (Since I couldn't *dedicate* a port pin to
that function,
I'm just combining some pins' modality to determine when the backlight
should be
On or Off).
Thanks for your suggestion!
Jim
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