Lg bh08ls20k 8x

I've been using one of these for several months now... I started out at 300mA, but I've increased it to 340mA since then... It's holding up well, and it's a very powerful burner. I don't have an LPM so I can't measure the output, but it's much more powerful than any other laser I've ever used. Much stronger than a LOC red at 450mA, much much stronger than a 6x diode at 220mA.

I built two, the first one died within days... My boss owned that one and he didn't treat it well... He left it on for 5 minutes at a time, then cycled it on and off rapidly.. I was also using a custom, untested driver design at the time, and that might have contributed to its short life too.

All in all, I'm pretty sure these are the same diodes as found in the Pioneer BDR-203 that's so popular these days.

Here's my thread about the harvesting process: http://laserpointerforums.com/f51/harvesting-lg-bh08ls20-8x-bluray-burner-40391.html

I left one on in my pocket for an indisclosed amount of time and it very hot, with a gitd cap on it. I turned it off waited about a minute and turned it back on and it was fine

I'm getting my kenometer soon and I'll get readings off everything

Arenared said:

I left one on in my pocket for an indisclosed amount of time and it very hot, with a gitd cap on it. I turned it off waited about a minute and turned it back on and it was fine

I'm getting my kenometer soon and I'll get readings off everything

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Hey Arenared,

I am really considering getting one to these. you get any readings yet?

kenometer isnt in yet... was shipped from ontario CN . .should be here by mid next week

pseudolobster said:

I've been using one of these for several months now... I started out at 300mA, but I've increased it to 340mA since then... It's holding up well, and it's a very powerful burner. I don't have an LPM so I can't measure the output, but it's much more powerful than any other laser I've ever used. Much stronger than a LOC red at 450mA, much much stronger than a 6x diode at 220mA.
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Edit 2009-09-15
Datasheet updated....
It's a pity that you haven't found a friend with a LPM to check the Po; looking at the general plots, I think your Po has jumped from around 370 - 380mW to around 400 - 420mW. Having just seen Arenared results, maybe more...
So now you'll have to repeat the movie "8x BR eating a white tape", or something different.... to show the improvement...:yh: