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Hi, I recently built a Red dorcy using a long-open can diode at 420mA using a flexdrive. At first I wasn't sure of the power output, since it looked dimmer than last time, but I had bought a green pointer since and I initially blamed that for "skewing" my perspective of brightness. However, I recently noticed a thread, saying the spring makes direct contact with the battery. I checked and realised I had forgotten to remove the built-in driver from the Dorcy. My questions are as follows:
Would this board stop my laser having the same output power as it should? I thought the flexdrive would simply cut the output if it wasn't outputting the full current?
Will this have damaged any components of my build?
How do you go about removing it?
If I measure the current through the tail, it comes out to around 270mA, using a rechargable CR123 battery.
Thanks in advance for any help.
Would this board stop my laser having the same output power as it should? I thought the flexdrive would simply cut the output if it wasn't outputting the full current?
Will this have damaged any components of my build?
How do you go about removing it?
If I measure the current through the tail, it comes out to around 270mA, using a rechargable CR123 battery.
Thanks in advance for any help.