On Tue, 9 May 2023, Peter Coghlan wrote:
Also, this device is a not just a straighforward
transistor. It's data sheet
says it is a package containing two transistors and some other components,
That's a Darlington power transistor with freewheeling diode and biasing
resistors for the second base. I really wonder why that fact has been
unmentioned, yet.
Christian