It would be really hard to explain why I'm asking this question, so just go with it. Would it be bad to do this: (leave the collector attached to nothing while the transistor is power up)
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It is not going to have nothing hooked up to the collector all the time. This is just kind of a stand by wiring. So would it be bad to leave it like that for a while?
I'm driving 6 IR LEDs at 38kHz for 6 TSOP4038s sensors on a robot. The robot has edge sensors too, which have to be calibrated. I can't calibrate them when the TSOP4038s are sending signals to the microcontroler. So I have two options, I can unplug the IR LEDs from the main board and leave the transistor with nothing on the collector, or I can put tape over the IR LEDs, which would be harder.