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Sockets do make perfect sense with a lab driver with over voltage protection, you can easy swap diodes and should a connection be a bit loose, the OVP kicks in and the driver cuts off the power.
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Although we certainly do not preclude discussion about these types of lasers, this is definitely NOT the focus of this forum though, is it?
Remember, it is called Laser Pointer Forums.
Most NooB's and neophytes are looking to build pointers using one of the existing tutorials herein.
The OP even tried to justify their use by implying he had a hand-held ("I dropped it") that was working. His offered product most certainly does NOT fit into your described usage of the sockets
Remember, probability over possibility
Using these sockets in hand-held DIY lasers is bad juju. :tsk:
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Agreed, I blew an 8x using a laser diode socket, when I was a noob to the forum!
Now I know it all! lol just kidden
-Sarge
Now I know it all! lol just kidden
-Sarge
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its not a product I'm making, its just that I am cleaning out mi room and i had 2 I'm not using
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also if i want to run the PHR-803T diode on 6 volts how mant mA would it need to be run on
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I love it when they just keep talking . . . .
So you had a couple of these "extra" sitting around. You decided to "clean" your room. You saw these things you weren't using and thought, . . . .
"I should try to squeeze an extra $40-$50 or so out of the forum."
Does that about sum it up?
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generally PHRs don't like more than around 90mA or so for longevity, but that info is around the forum and very easy to find. Please try to look before you ask those kinds of questions. You're new here, you'll get the hang of it..
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You guys are very critical of a socket that is most likely a mil-spec design.
The only ones I've seen, are white very high quality Teflon material,
with gold-plated formed contacts. $7 is a little high, but if you think it is too high, then don't buy it.
I have blown diodes with intermittent connections like the rest of you.
But that is no reason to say these sockets wont work.
Many hi-tech electronic devices use quality sockets,
with higher reliability than we obtain from our construction methods.
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The only ones I've seen, are white very high quality Teflon material,
with gold-plated formed contacts. $7 is a little high, but if you think it is too high, then don't buy it.
I have blown diodes with intermittent connections like the rest of you.
But that is no reason to say these sockets wont work.
Many hi-tech electronic devices use quality sockets,
with higher reliability than we obtain from our construction methods.
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That may be, but I wouldn't trust my diode to anything other than a solder joint or LOCKING connector. My issue has nothing to do with cost. I just like it when there are as few potential reasons for the diode to die as I can make it. I've had very good reliablility following that thought process. That's all I'm saying..
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Nobody said that they didn't work (or if they did, I missed it). We said that they were dangerous for laser diodes. This is especially true when used in a hand held laser built by someone looking for an easier way to do it because they are a neophyte and lack experience and confidence in their soldering ability.
I would ask you to keep this in context.
You are a knowledgeable and experienced builder. How many of your hand held lasers have you used these types of sockets in? How many of your lab style lasers have you used these sockets in? How many times have you recommended to a neophyte that they use these sockets to make their building a laser easier?
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LOL agreed...but i've seen much worse. :yh:
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these are high quality sockets are meant for low to high power diodes and the hold the diode so tight the do not loose connection
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:thinking: Hmmm...Trust a guy nobody knows, or trust people who work with lasers just about everyday for decades? :tinfoil:
"lasers
1 5mW green laser-elitelasers.com
many 5mW red
1 5mw violet(blue-ray) laser-eBay"
LMAO...I think the answer is simple.
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