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A transistor works by using a small amount of electricity to control a much larger supply of electricity, much like turning a valve to control a supply of water.

Transistors consist of three main parts - a base, a collector, and an emitter.

The base is the part for the larger electrical supply. The collector is the larger electrical supply, and the emitter emits that supply. By sending different levels of currents from the base, the size of the current can be regulated to the collector In this way, a very small amount of current may be used to control a large amount of current, like an amplifier.

ANSWER: A VOM can identify the transistor as NPN PNP just by checking the diodes inside the transistor. Example NPN positive lead to base should show low resistance to the other terminals

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A curve tracer is best as it will allow measurement of all characteristics.

If you can't get access to a curve tracer, a go-nogo transistor tester is OK. Some multimeters have one built in.

If you can't get that you can test for opens & shorts using the ohms or diode scale of a multimeter. Test EB & CB junctions as you would test individual diodes and test CE both ways for leakage (CE should not conduct in either direction).

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First hold the transitor facing its flat surface towards you.Then among 3 terminals the right terminal is Emitter,middle one is base & the left one is collecter

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We can determine which are the emitter and collector of an NPN transistor because the base-emitter junction is forward biased while the base collector junction is reverse biased.

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The characteristic of NPN transistors is :

  • The base-emitter junction is reversed biased.
  • The base-collector junction is forward biased.
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