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SMD code 47C

Marking codes are not standardised, and the same code is reused by unrelated makers for unrelated parts. Below is every part in our tables printed with it, and any printed with a code that is easy to misread as it, from the manufacturers' own marking tables.

47C on a chip resistor

30.1 kΩ

30.1 kΩ resistor, 1%

EIA-96 precision code: 47 selects 3.01 from the E96 series and C multiplies by 10000. These are 1% parts.

Check it with a meter

Lift one end and measure across it. A good one reads 30.1 kΩ within 1%. Measuring it in circuit reads the parallel combination of everything around it, which is almost always lower, never higher: well above 30.1 kΩ on the board is a fault. Open, or well above 30.1 kΩ, means it has failed: burnt, cracked or corroded. That does not change what to fit: the marking still says 30.1 kΩ. A burnt resistor usually means the part it feeds drew too much, so find that before fitting a new one.

On a transistor or diode body (SOT-23, SOT-323, SMC), 47C is a part code instead. Those parts are listed below.

5 parts are printed 47C

Not sure which one you have?

Answer up to 4 quick questions and these 5 parts are ranked, with a meter test that settles it. It works on a dead part too.

  • 1.5SMC47CASMCTVS diode, 2 pins, Vishay
    What it is
    TVS diode
    Maker
    Vishay
    Package
    SMC
    Pins
    2
    Details
    1500 W TVS diode, bidirectional
    Source
    From the manufacturer's datasheet

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: TVS or ESD protection diode.

  • BC847CSOT-23NPN transistor, 3 pins, Panjit
    What it is
    NPN transistor
    Maker
    Panjit
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Details
    45 V NPN small-signal transistor, gain group C
    Source
    From the manufacturer's datasheet

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: NPN transistor.

  • BC847C-AUSOT-23Transistor, 3 pins, Panjit
    What it is
    Transistor
    Maker
    Panjit
    Package
    SOT-23
    Pins
    3
    Details
    Bipolar transistor
    Source
    From the manufacturer's datasheet

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: Bipolar transistor.

  • BC847CWSOT-323Transistor, 3 pins, Panjit
    What it is
    Transistor
    Maker
    Panjit
    Package
    SOT-323
    Pins
    3
    Details
    SMD General Purpose NPN Transistors
    Source
    From the manufacturer's datasheet

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: Bipolar transistor.

  • BC847CW-AUSOT-323Transistor, 3 pins, Panjit
    What it is
    Transistor
    Maker
    Panjit
    Package
    SOT-323
    Pins
    3
    Details
    Bipolar transistor
    Source
    From the manufacturer's datasheet

    Is it dead? The meter test is below: Bipolar transistor.

Is it dead? One meter test per kind

Parts of the same kind are tested the same way, so each test is here once. Each part above points to its own.

TVS or ESD protection diode

Diode range, from the protected line to ground, part lifted if you can.

Working, it reads

A one-way part reads about 0.6 to 0.8 V forward and open in reverse. A two-way part reads open both ways. Arrays with several lines read as the datasheet's diagram draws them.

Dead, it reads

  • From the line to ground, the same reading both ways, near 0 V with a continuous beep: shorted.
  • A reading both ways on a one-way part: leaky.
  • A one-way part open both ways: failed open.
On the board
, a line reading shorted to ground can be this part or anything else on that line. Lift it: if the short goes with it, it has failed.
Compare:
The same part on the next line or connector pin is the healthy reading to compare with.
Watch for:
A two-way part reads open both ways when it is good, exactly like one that has failed open. The meter cannot tell them apart; an identical part on the next line can.

A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.

NPN transistor

Diode range, part lifted or its base leg off the pad.

Working, it reads

Red probe on the base reads about 0.6 to 0.75 V to the emitter and to the collector, and open the other way round. Collector to emitter reads open both ways.

Dead, it reads

  • Collector to emitter the same both ways, near 0 V with a continuous beep: shorted. The commonest failure.
  • The base the same both ways to another pin, near 0 V or a middling value: a shorted junction.
  • Only one junction reads, or none: a junction has failed open. It then looks like a diode.
  • A reading the wrong way round, where it should be open: leaky.
On the board
this is a first look only: the meter reads every path between those pins, and a short can be a neighbour. Lift one leg before you condemn it.
Compare:
If an identical part sits elsewhere on the board, measure it the same way: that is what this one should read.
Watch for:
A pair of diodes with a common pin reads just like a transistor, and some transistors carry a built-in diode or resistor. The datasheet says which.

A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.

Bipolar transistor

Diode range, part lifted or its base leg off the pad.

Working, it reads

From the base, one probe colour reads about 0.6 to 0.75 V to the emitter and to the collector, and open the other way round. Collector to emitter reads open both ways.

Dead, it reads

  • Collector to emitter the same both ways, near 0 V with a continuous beep: shorted. The commonest failure.
  • The base the same both ways to another pin, near 0 V or a middling value: a shorted junction.
  • Only one junction reads, or none: a junction has failed open. It then looks like a diode.
  • A reading the wrong way round, where it should be open: leaky.
On the board
this is a first look only: the meter reads every path between those pins, and a short can be a neighbour. Lift one leg before you condemn it.
Compare:
If an identical part sits elsewhere on the board, measure it the same way: that is what this one should read.
Watch for:
A pair of diodes with a common pin reads just like a transistor, and some transistors carry a built-in diode or resistor. The datasheet says which.

A dead part still carries its marking. A short or an open says it has failed, not that it is a different part.

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