Another hare brained scheme

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It occurred to me that when checking transistors in circuit power on I can:

Locate the collector and emitter resistors

Measure voltage drops across each

Look at color codes to determine value of resistors

Divide voltage  ➗ by resistance to obtain a value for current

Compare Ic to Ie

Pause to reflect on discoveries

Attempt to draw a conclusion(s)

 

[J M Fahey]

Sounds like state of the art troubleshooting to me