ColdStl
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Hello,
I picked up 2 of these LED flashlights off of ebay with the intension of using them as hosts with flexdrives and PHR803Ts.
I wanted to test the included driver first, so I used a dead PHR803T and a 1ohm resistor as a test load.
I attached my dmm, set to Volts, and got a reading of 4.98 volts.
When I placed the dmm leads, set to mA, in series with the 1ohm resistor, I got a reading of 0.00 mA.
I placed the dmm leads back into the parallel position and got a reading of 96.4mA. I know this isn't how it's supposed to be done, so I'm wondering what I did wrong.
First...Will this driver work with a PHR diode?
Second... Can someone tell me why I can't get a mA reading?
Here is a pic of the driver...
I picked up 2 of these LED flashlights off of ebay with the intension of using them as hosts with flexdrives and PHR803Ts.
I wanted to test the included driver first, so I used a dead PHR803T and a 1ohm resistor as a test load.
I attached my dmm, set to Volts, and got a reading of 4.98 volts.
When I placed the dmm leads, set to mA, in series with the 1ohm resistor, I got a reading of 0.00 mA.
I placed the dmm leads back into the parallel position and got a reading of 96.4mA. I know this isn't how it's supposed to be done, so I'm wondering what I did wrong.
First...Will this driver work with a PHR diode?
Second... Can someone tell me why I can't get a mA reading?
Here is a pic of the driver...