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Hi, I'm pretty new here and have been doing a large amount of reading on this forum, but I still haven't been able to find the answer to one of my questions and I was hoping maybe someone here could help me out.

I was just wondering, how can you determine what to set the driver at? I know that there are different mA settings that they should be set to, but how do i know which one to use?

Thanks to whomever may reply to this "noob question":D
 





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Depends on wjat diode ypu are driving and the range of current it can handle.
 
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Depends on wjat diode ypu are driving and the range of current it can handle.

thanks, i appreciate the fast response!

so, i just looked at the PL450B diode datasheet, and it reads that the max operating current (IF) is 165mA. Would i set that driver to a setting of 150mA or would i go higher and set it to 200mA? :thanks:
 
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150mA. If you go higher you can potentially damage the diode or be past the eficiency curve and get less power per mA in.
 

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The specs on the data sheets are very conservative. The max in the sheet is no where near the max we use in our build. Look for information about a specific diodes in this forum. Especially the murder tests reveal much information about the max power, efficiency etc.
 




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