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I finally added the 3 LEDs i needed to. And once i turned the laser on, everything was fine, until about 8 seconds later when my laser just totally stopped working. I didnt think it had blown out because the heatsink wasnt hot at all and the glue holding the wires didnt melt a little (which is what is always does when it gets a little hot).
The diode is a 445nm diode. I am using a LM317T driver, with only LM317T and a 1ohm resistor.
Also, i wired the LEDs with resistors the way i did because if i connected them in series with 1 33ohm resistor, then it would have been extremely dim.
So here is my really crappy drawing of the wiring........Sorry haha
And yes, there is no switch because i still need to find the right switch, so i just stuck the batteries in and wanted to see how it worked.
Thank you again so much for the help. :thanks:
Matt
The diode is a 445nm diode. I am using a LM317T driver, with only LM317T and a 1ohm resistor.
Also, i wired the LEDs with resistors the way i did because if i connected them in series with 1 33ohm resistor, then it would have been extremely dim.
So here is my really crappy drawing of the wiring........Sorry haha
And yes, there is no switch because i still need to find the right switch, so i just stuck the batteries in and wanted to see how it worked.
Thank you again so much for the help. :thanks:
Matt