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Haha, I know what you mean. Oh well, I'll just wait for my real red to show up, eventually.
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Shoot a PM over to Fenzir and ask him what bluray diodes he had on hand... You might be able to identify it like that.
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Does anyone else get the feeling that this is a 12x? A PHR would have been dead by now, and so would a 6x... and the threshold on a 12x is substantially low enough that it would make sense that it may not be able to burn things at 270mA... right?
Or maybe I am just being stupid.
Or maybe I am just being stupid.
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Yeah, I dunno. I sent him a pm, but no idae if he will reply.
And if it is a 12x, what is the recommended current?
And if it is a 12x, what is the recommended current?
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IF it's a 12x, I would go with 300-400mA, but a lot of people here drive them upwards of 500+mA.
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Huh. I wish there was a way to identify it. Like pin resistance or something, idk.
Because if I push it that hard and its not, its dead, but if I don't and it is its a waste.
Because if I push it that hard and its not, its dead, but if I don't and it is its a waste.
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My guess is that, if you truly are giving it 270mA and it's not dead, and it won't burn paper either, is that you have yourself a zombied 12x. Because any other blu-ray diode would be LED'd way before 270mA, and a 12x at 270mA should give almost 400mW of power. And if it can't even burn paper (easy for 200mW of blu-ray), then it is probably just a crappy 12x that is half-dead.
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Well, I ASSUME its 270ma. Idk if I'm actually getting that much current. My DDL is set to that, but I'm powering off of a 9v so... they give that kind of current right?
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NO. 9V batteries have VERY little current discharge capabilities. Get some li-ion batteries, THEN try it. Or, measure the current directly by putting your DMM (in current mode) in series between the driver and the diode.
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Oh ha. I am only getting 90mA. But great, now I don't know if it will LED or not. Back to square one! (did manage to get it to burn at 110mA though)
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My guess is that it's a PHR then. 120mA is the maximum suggested current.
Why would someone give away a hugely more expensive diode for the price of $13?
Why would someone give away a hugely more expensive diode for the price of $13?
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It wasn't 13 dollars, it was part of a 35 dollar pack. But, the thing is, it wasn't on purpose. It was supposed to be a 300mw 650nm laser diode, not a blueray 
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Well yeah, but the point being, he would have noticed he is missing it from his stock. If he sent you a 12x, he probably would have contacted you about it... or not
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Unless someone else out there got a red in place of their BR and they haven't hooked it up to see. (Or they did and it went >POOF< so they figure they did something wrong.)
:thinking:
:thinking:
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Or he might have a bunch of diodes that were sitting around? I mean, the thing it came in had zero markings on it, and the diode had zero markings, so it would have been easy to accidentally put it in the wrong place? I dunno, I'm throwing ideas into the wind now, lol. I hope he replies to my pm.
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Can you tell me what the pin out was on it.? In Other words was he using the Case Pin on this laser of yours.?
Also IIRC the PHR-805 Have no Marking on the back.
Also IIRC the PHR-805 Have no Marking on the back.
