Well I finally did IT

Left my bluray in the car the dx type DYI crossover 803-rkcstr driver
took it out and wow it was hot -FRESNO CA area I let her cool down and gave it a try and -FLASH -instant led .005 mw :'( NOOOOOOOOO
I took it apart and for some reason possibly heat expansion ??? it came loose on the neg pin side of the diode well now i can say yea I fried a bluray diode -30 dollar lesson learned already replaced diode with my last spare sled
oh well I knew that was coming lol :


JOHN LAWSON

darn.. RIP john's 803t

john_lawson said:

Left my bluray in the car

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Sorry to hear about your loss, John.

I'm just glad nothing like this has ever happened to me.

I glad I've never lost a diode because I unscrewed the wrong part of the host and twisted off the pins, or made a cold joint on a pin that lost contact and then reconnected, or wired the wrong wire to ground, or left the laser on too long, or punched a perfectly good diode out of a module because I forgot that when the batteries drop to a certain level the driver will shut off the power, or decided to push it just a little bit farther, or forgot that the Senkat diode doesn't run at 420mA, or shorted a driver out on a module, or tried to power an 0811 at the same level as an 803t, or dropped a warm laser when it was on, or got the diode started crooked in the module when pressing it in, or slipped and "smacked" a diode while removing it from the heat sink, or dropped an open can so it landed on its "face" breaking the wires.

Yep. Just glad nothing like that has ever happened to me.

Peace,
dave

daguin said:

[quote author=john_lawson link=1216237056/0#0 date=1216237055]Left my bluray in the car

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Sorry to hear about your loss, John.  

I'm just glad nothing like this has ever happened to me.  

I glad I've never lost a diode because I unscrewed the wrong part of the host and twisted off the pins, or made a cold joint on a pin that lost contact and then reconnected, or wired the wrong wire to ground, or left the laser on too long, or punched a perfectly good diode out of a module because I forgot that when the batteries drop to a certain level the driver will shut off the power, or decided to push it just a little bit farther, or forgot that the Senkat diode doesn't run at 420mA, or shorted a driver out on a module, or tried to power an 0811 at the same level as an 803t, or dropped a warm laser when it was on, or got the diode started crooked in the module when pressing it in, or slipped and "smacked" a diode while removing it from the heat sink, or dropped an open can so it landed on its "face" breaking the wires.

Yep.  Just glad nothing like that has ever happened to me.

Peace,
dave
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Yeah it sucks when all that happens at once! I just hate that.

You need to remember to roll the windows down a crack when you leave your babies in the car. ;D ;D

daguin said:

[quote author=john_lawson link=1216237056/0#0 date=1216237055]Left my bluray in the car

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Sorry to hear about your loss, John.  

I'm just glad nothing like this has ever happened to me.  

I glad I've never lost a diode because I unscrewed the wrong part of the host and twisted off the pins, or made a cold joint on a pin that lost contact and then reconnected, or wired the wrong wire to ground, or left the laser on too long, or punched a perfectly good diode out of a module because I forgot that when the batteries drop to a certain level the driver will shut off the power, or decided to push it just a little bit farther, or forgot that the Senkat diode doesn't run at 420mA, or shorted a driver out on a module, or tried to power an 0811 at the same level as an 803t, or dropped a warm laser when it was on, or got the diode started crooked in the module when pressing it in, or slipped and "smacked" a diode while removing it from the heat sink, or dropped an open can so it landed on its "face" breaking the wires.

Yep.  Just glad nothing like that has ever happened to me.

Peace,
dave
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dave - you sure have experienced a lot of "close" calls



Thanks for sharing

Mule

muledeer said:

dave - you sure have experienced a lot of "close" calls



Thanks for sharing

Mule

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Yeah . . . . I'm lucky like that.

Peace,
dave

A good education is rarely free.

I did Exactly the same thing. I didn't have a good solder joint to my RCKSTR driver and it pulled away from one of the pins just enough to break then make contact. I triple checked my next build and it has been running fine for a month or so. I'm going to build another one 'cause its freakin obsessive making things that glow in the dark light up big time.

Jules

Wow that must have been one HOT car. Thats too bad about the laser though. He/she is in a better place now...

dave is it possible for your large <1mw laser pointer to become dim? lol.

Ouch, that stinks.

laserterd said:

He/she is in a better place now...

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That's funny, I dont feel it in my hands...

Sucks about the laser dude, if it happens to my (future) one I will cry.