i hooked up my 6x to a flex drive set at 202ma using rkcstr load 3volt supply.the 6x just glowed for a few minutes.that was all she wrote.hooked drive back to my load it still checked 202ma,so is driver still good and 6x shot. thanks for your time.
The very short lifespan (<10Min.) with driver set right, tells me that either the diode was weak or possibly a bad solder connection.got the phr working with the same driver set at 126ma,its not what i wanted,but sometimes you get what you need.WAY TOO OLD.
These newer (since ~August) GGWs suck. The majority are weak and wont take anything over 200mA. When setting these I would not go over 190mA. I just toasted one at 199mA in under 30 minutes of use, and it was considered average level, hand picked by IgorT.
http://laserpointerforums.com/f44/moment-silence-please-44981.html
I am having good luck with my GGW 6x diode. I am running it at 200mA and it has over an hour of use on it. But then again i only leave it on for a couple minutes at a time.