ok thanks, so heres the number......

[el duderino]

ok here is everything that is printed in the transistor:

C549C

ph () 9

im not sure about the brackets thing thats what it looks like

any help would be appreciated.

thanks  :?

[petemoore]

What does Your DMM's Hfe [if it has one] meter say?

[Marcos - Munky]

I'm almost sure that this is a BC549C transistor. They have high gain (the kind that I like ).

[Gringo]

Yeah, it's a bc549C, i've got some of those exactly.

[el duderino]

thanks can any of you guys tell me how to read the leads on this type of transistor that i mentioned above :shock:

[Torchy]

http://www.datasheetcatalog.com/datasheet/B/BC549C.shtml