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This is my first build from scratch, harvesting the diode all the way up to soldering/setting the driver with a test load.
Its an LPC-815 diode, using a Flex driver set to 470ma (set using flaminpyro's test load on red) in Jayrob's stainless Aurora kit. Also using Jayrob's G1-650 lens.
The dot is super dim, barely as bright as my $2.99 ebay red, and its got some pretty knarly wings. No visable beam in pitch black. When I measure current at the tail cap I'm getting 182ma. The diode is getting warm, I can feel the heatsink heating up.
Where did I go wrong?
I want to get this figured out before attempting my next build I have sitting on the desk, its slightly more $$$ to ruin. (12x blu-ray)
Its an LPC-815 diode, using a Flex driver set to 470ma (set using flaminpyro's test load on red) in Jayrob's stainless Aurora kit. Also using Jayrob's G1-650 lens.
The dot is super dim, barely as bright as my $2.99 ebay red, and its got some pretty knarly wings. No visable beam in pitch black. When I measure current at the tail cap I'm getting 182ma. The diode is getting warm, I can feel the heatsink heating up.
Where did I go wrong?
I want to get this figured out before attempting my next build I have sitting on the desk, its slightly more $$$ to ruin. (12x blu-ray)