Olin Lathrop wrote:
> 
> Why?  Even most jellybean NPN transistors will be fine for switching 30mA at
> 35V.  With the PIC running at 5V and a 4.3Kohm base resistor, you are only
> asking for a gain of 30 from the transistor.  Everything is will within spec
> with comfortable margin.

Because the LEDs are in parallel (forgot to mention that), so
it's 300mA nominal, not 30mA.
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