"TeGGeR®" > wrote in
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> Jim Yanik .> wrote in
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>> "TeGGeR®" > wrote in
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>>> Randolph > wrote in
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>>>> The
>>>> data sheet shows the diode between emitter and collector.
>>>
>>>
>>> So then it wouldn't make much sense to try and show it.
>>>
>>> Randolph, I'm having trouble understanding the current path through
>>> the transistor. I found this page:
>>> http://nobelprize.org/physics/educat...nction/thegame
>>> . h tml
>>>
>>> It helps me understand more, but I don't get which way the current
>>> goes through the base electrode. I have a suspicion that my diagrams
>>> show the current going the wrong way through the transistor.
>>> http://www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ignit...ion/index.html
>>>
>>>
>>>
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>> There's two current paths;the B-E path and the C-E path(main path).
>> Current flows the opposite direction of the emitter arrow,for both
>> base and collector currents.
>>
>
>
> I'm having trouble getting my mind around this.
>
> I am aware that "flow" is _commonly_ considered to be from the
> positive to negative terminals of the battery, but the electrons
> themselves go in the OTHER direction.
>
> http://www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ignit...ion/index.html
> http://www.tegger.com/hondafaq/ignit...adigniter.html
> On these two pages, is the current flow through the transistors
> correctly depicted? Nobody has answered that question yet.
>

The electrons are what's doing the moving,and they flow from neg to pos.

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