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BC182

Si NPN BJT TO-92 TH.4 circuits use this part. Listed as: BJT transistor, NPN TO-92.

Datasheet · archived copy from Motorola; the part is discontinued and the maker no longer publishes it

Substitutes Si NPN transistor

Matched on material, polarity and the limits below from the transistor parameter database. Pinouts and packages are not in that data: check the datasheet before you drop one in, and expect gain to change the sound.

This part

Part	hFE min	Vce	Ic	Pc	fT
BC182	120	50 V	200 mA	0.3 W	150 MHz

Used on other boards here

Part	hFE min	Vce	Ic	Pc	fT	Boards
BC107	110	45 V	100 mA	0.3 W	150 MHz	13
BC107A	110	45 V	100 mA	0.3 W	150 MHz	3
BC237	110	45 V	100 mA	0.3 W	150 MHz	1
2SC2785	110	50 V	100 mA	0.25 W	150 MHz	2
BC847	110	45 V	100 mA	0.2 W	150 MHz	1
BC546A	110	65 V	100 mA	0.5 W	150 MHz	5
BC547A	110	45 V	100 mA	0.5 W	200 MHz	4
MPS8098	100	60 V	200 mA	0.6 W	150 MHz	1

Closest by the numbers

Part	hFE min	Vce	Ic	Pc	fT
2SC1074S	120	50 V	150 mA	0.3 W	180 MHz
BC207A	125	45 V	100 mA	0.3 W	150 MHz
BC209A	125	45 V	100 mA	0.3 W	150 MHz
BC385A	125	45 V	100 mA	0.3 W	150 MHz
BCAP07	125	45 V	100 mA	0.3 W	150 MHz
BCAP07A	125	45 V	100 mA	0.3 W	150 MHz
BCX70GLT1	120	45 V	100 mA	0.3 W	125 MHz
BCX70RG	120	45 V	200 mA	0.31 W	125 MHz

Circuit	Based on	Category	Vendor	Box	Knobs	Price	BOM
Dharma Sound / Colorsound Distorter Vero20×19 Verified 1458 · 741 · BC182 · LM741 Colorsound Distorter	Colorsound Distorter	Distortion	Dirtbox Layouts	—	2	—	21
Keeler Kick fuzz Vero17×12 Unverified 2N5088 · BC182 Keeler Kick	Keeler Kick	Fuzz	Dirtbox Layouts	—	4	—	25
TDA1022 delay 4011 · BC182 · CD4011 · TDA1022	—	Delay	Experimentalists Anonymous	—	2	—	32
Prismatic Distortion 1458 · 741 · BC182 · LM741CN Colorsound Distorter · 125B	Colorsound Distorter	Fuzz	PedalPCB	125B	2	$12.00	44