Testing 2N5133 Transistors Voltage?

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I have a digital multimeter ans when I measure the voltage forward on some 2N5133 transistors I get measurements like .812 and .820 but I have read that good readings are around 300?
How do I convert the .8xx measurements?

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mattpas wrote:I have a digital multimeter ans when I measure the voltage forward on some 2N5133 transistors I get measurements like .812 and .820 but I have read that good readings are around 300?
How do I convert the .8xx measurements?
http://www.repairfaq.org/sam/semitest.htm

If not all, it does answer a lot of questions concerning transistor testing.
But 0.8V is good for a silicon transistors forward voltage drop, if I read correctly. How exactly did you measure it?
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