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hey,
So im building a Teenie Burner. I hooked up my diode (a LCC diode) to 3 button cells. The button cells were really drained. Before i hooked up my LD, i tested the button cells to see how many mA they were putting out. They were only putting out around 250mA and then they dropped to 160mA a second later. So i hooked my diode up to see what would happen. It lit really brightly and then it dimmed really fast. So i hooked it up again (pretty smart huh?) and it did the same thing. I bought this diode from dave and he said that these can take 500mA so i dont think this was much of a problem. I have a DMM but i lost the instructions so i dont know how to use diode check :-/ Does anyone know how to test to see if my diode is still good?
thanks
So im building a Teenie Burner. I hooked up my diode (a LCC diode) to 3 button cells. The button cells were really drained. Before i hooked up my LD, i tested the button cells to see how many mA they were putting out. They were only putting out around 250mA and then they dropped to 160mA a second later. So i hooked my diode up to see what would happen. It lit really brightly and then it dimmed really fast. So i hooked it up again (pretty smart huh?) and it did the same thing. I bought this diode from dave and he said that these can take 500mA so i dont think this was much of a problem. I have a DMM but i lost the instructions so i dont know how to use diode check :-/ Does anyone know how to test to see if my diode is still good?
thanks