transistors with two legs?

[adason]

any idea why would these transistors being sold with two legs?

1pcs -SemiSouth S30S120 Transistor | eBay

 

[MarcelvdG]

Presumably because it's a diode? This SiC Schottky diode has a type number that is similar but not identical:

https://www.farnell.com/datasheets/1696880.pdf

 

[jan.didden]

10 seconds with Google (I was slow). Schottky barrier diode.

Edit: Marcel beat me to it.

Jan

 

[adason]

Why is seller calling it transistor?

 

[bansuri]

Do you trust Ebay?

 

[rsdio]

transistors with two legs? ... make great noise sources!

 

[indra1]

Why is seller calling it transistor?

I don't think he is a diyaudio member, why ask the question here? Ask the seller by *bay mail.

 

[jan.didden]

Why is seller calling it transistor?

He's buying and selling, he's obviously not an engineer. He doesn't have a clue, and doesn't have to.
I've seen eBay offers for sophisticated test equipment, and the specs say: 'runs on 110 and 240VAC' . Nothing more. Because that's all the seller understands ;-)

Jan

 

[adason]

I don't think he is a diyaudio member, why ask the question here? Ask the seller by *bay mail.

I did, the seller has not replied yet.

Why ask question here? Isn't that what The Lounge is for?

 

[adason]

transistors with two legs? ... make great noise sources!

True!

 

[CBS240]

Being at the Lounge, for a moment I thought the tread title was referring to a trans-sister. 😛

 

[Ultima Thule]

You can see from the pic the poor bugger got its 3rd leg chopped of. 🙂

 

[Vovk Z]

any idea why would these transistors being sold with two legs?

It is ok in theory, nothing wrong with it 🙂

 

[Pano]

Don't some photo transistors have only 2 legs?

 

[wg_ski]

You used to be able to get TO-220’s with the leads formed to fit TO-66 sockets - with the collector lead missing. Probably the old TO-218 too, but I’ve never had any that way. I’ve actually seen the lead formed TO-220’s installed in equipment that I’ve serviced.