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ArcticMyst Security by Avery

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Here you can see the heat sink (found on ebay, the package it came in was straight from China), the washer I used and the pill. The driver is beneath the makeshift battery positive contact I made inside the pill.
I used a DMM I have for auto mechanics, it measures down to micro amps, but for some reason in the milliamp range I only measures at 305mA. However the power output was noticeably reduced.
I didn't want to adjust the driver because when I removed the meter from the circuit there would be a large increase in current and possibly kill my diode.

I am kinda unsure now on how to measure driver output since I can't trust my ammeter. I guess with a different meter... Idk.

Link on that heat sink? Looks decent to me!
 




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