Did you ever connect it to power WITHOUT the 180 ohm resistor in series with the diode ?
THIS IS A QUESTION, NOT AN INSTRUCTION
I NEVER SAID TO REMOVE THE RESISTOR !
I simply ASKED you if you had EVER connected it WITHOUT the resistor because I wanted to find out if you had damaged it by connecting it WITHOUT the resistor which would certainly DAMAGE the device. I am sorry you misunderstood my question but I did not suggest you remove it . I simply ASKED if you ever had. If never occurred to me that you would do that without at least asking for clarification of my question.
This is not going well,
ALSO,
When connected to the circuit with supply-- no voltage on forward bias while there's 0.675V during reverse bias
When connected to the circuit without supply-- both have 0.7 V during forward and reverse bias
When disconnected from the circuit-- both have no voltage during forward and reverse bias
Is it broken?
Do you know how to use a multimeter on diode scale?
This is also a question.
When disconnected from the circuit-- both have no voltage during forward and reverse bias
So just to confirm, with the black meter lead on the CATHODE of the diode and the red lead on the anode of the diode, with the device removed from the circuit , you DO NOT get about 0.7V on the meter on diode scale ?
When connected to the circuit without supply-- both have 0.7 V during forward and reverse bias
This seems confusing. You can't really test the transistor out of the circuit because there is no base lead.
