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That should be pretty safe, yes. I conducted a lifetime test on PHRs but not on GGWs so I can't give you a current value capable of long life with the same confidence that I can on a PHR.
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Recommended current for PHR-803T ?
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It may be the driver zapping those diodes if you keep using the same one, sometimes they "go crazy" like that.
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LM317T are really stable regulators.
They give constant current and voltage.
I've tested it with dummy load, there are no problems.
I don't see problems in driver.
I have one PHR that works over month with LM317T driver at 110mA.
But I had no luck with many other PHRs.
They give constant current and voltage.
I've tested it with dummy load, there are no problems.
I don't see problems in driver.
I have one PHR that works over month with LM317T driver at 110mA.
But I had no luck with many other PHRs.
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Yea those PHR diodes are not very consistent with each other. My first one died at 120ma but my second can take 185ma without a problem.
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Yes, I have had varying results with PHR and GGW. I'm careful to discharge the capacitor and I like to keep the input voltage low to the DDL driver. This means that you wouldn't run as long per battery, but the more voltage the regulator has sometimes is a double edged sword.
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If you set higher voltage only bad thing that you get is higher temperature but current and voltage stays the same.
I didn't notice anything bad with higher voltage.
I didn't notice anything bad with higher voltage.
