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It is possible with an ohmmeter usually the can has a tab signify emitter. some plastics devices have the emitter on the right lead looking at the flat part. using an ohmmeter you may check for the two diodes inside.

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First hold the transitor facing its flat surface towards you.Then among 3 terminals the right terminal is Emitter,middle one is base & the left one is collecter.

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First select the continuity scale of MM (multimeter), then 1st connect the +ve prob to the very 1st leg of transistor, and then connect the -ve prob to the other legs of transistor one by one. repeat same procedure with each leg. If MM shows some value, the higher value is emitter n lower value is collector and remaining leg is obiously base. when MM shows some value we consider the +ve probs leg as desire terminal either emitter or collector.

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A: A transistor is actually two diodes back to back. If you know the ohm meter leads polarity then then the diodes can be verified as diodes and the diode polarity therefore ascertain an NPN PNP transistor. Be aware that the ohm meter can destroy the junction for some transistors

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The base, emitter and collector can be identified with the data sheet of the transistor, every type of transistor can be different, you can find data sheets easily when you Google the type of transistor.

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