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Re: 12x Murder Fund! (Complete!) Cycling is just simulation of average normal use. 10 cycled hours has no meaning, cos all the hours will be cycled. With the first 8x we crossed 150h with 10% degradation and the diode still alive. That translates to years of heavy use. 10 hours on the other...

Now that i voted, i can see where the majority went. Also, i thought the poll would calculate the average, not just show, where the most votes went... The part i don't understand is 420mA. I might be willing to go to 400mA, it's an absolutelly GIANT leap from 300mA which we determined to be...

Re: 12x Murder Fund! (Complete!) Ah, see, i didn't know that, i was working on old data from before i left, and it suggested 390mA... But i paused it now, and in the morning i will read through it, and then make my final decision. However, when i started torturing the first 8x, 300mA was...

Re: 12x Murder Fund! (Complete!) A while ago i asked for people to vote in power and not in current, since these diodes are different from 8x's and same currents might have different meanings. And YES, 393mA IS 550mW. Also, before i went to the hospital, i was told most votes averaged...

Re: 12x Murder Fund! (Complete!) Thanks guys, i'm fine now. I still have to take antibiotics for a while, but the worst is over. I felt normal today after getting out for a couple of days, so i immediatelly started working. But i'm taking it easy for now. Finishing the second part of the...

Re: 12x Murder Fund! (Complete!) Seeing how i'm torturing two diodes at once, perhaps a single thread would be more appropriate, instead of posting all the photos and graphs twice. Do i make a new thread for the Double Murder Experiment? This was the fundraiser thread anyway... Otherwise...

Re: 12x Murder Fund! (Complete!) Sorry guys for the horrible delay. :undecided: As some of you know, i was in a hospital. Wasn't fun. I guess i should have taken better care of my health and slept a few nights as well... Now that i'm back and feeling normal again, i did some work and...

Re: 12x Murder Fund! (Complete!) So, it's time to reach the final decision on the current to test, so i can set the drivers and start the Double Murder Experiment... I read several suggestions for powers, and currents. Seems like 390-400mA is the most desired point, if i'm not mistaken.. It...

Seems like there is less consensus on where to test the second 8x diode, than there is on the 12x... And it's the 12x, that's the total mystery... I've seen all kinds of different current suggestions, and i feel as if i'm expected to make the final decision. But you have to understand what a...

Re: 12x Murder Fund! (Complete!) Here are the Zero Hour plots of our 12x murder candidate: And a photo of the renovated Torture Chamber, ready for the Double Murder Experiment: Or so i thought. I gave the new Torture Chamber a dummy ride over the weekend, and i found a problem, that...

Corey, i hope you get your money back from that Scammer, i hope i gave you all the info you need on Skype?

The renovations of the Torture Chamber are complete! I had to rewire everything and give the counters a new power supply, move things around a "bit", to make it all fit at all, but it worked out in the end. :yh: I just finished testing it and making sure that everything will work exactly as...

These are the last (for now?) degradation plots of the first 8x Murder Experiment diode, which i stopped at 150h last week (i know i should probably have uploaded them sooner, but upgrading the torture chamber seemed like a higher priority)... 150h PI Degradation Plots: 150h Efficiency...

Re: 12x Murder Fund! (Complete!) Damn i type a post and it dissapears due to the forum glitch. Do we have a consensus on what POWER to test for with the 12x? It's getting a little tight in the Torture Chamber, with two counters, giant heatsinks and sensors, but i managed to cram it all in...

Just got the package, Jay... Love everything inside it! You did an amazing job! Everything is a snug fit, exactly the way i like it! :yh: I was hoping it would come out like that, but was a little afraid to request it specifically, cos i knew it would take extra time. :whistle: But thank you...

What is this about? :thinking: I really need to catch up with the forum, i've been drowning in work for way too long now. I thought this was the 8x MURDER experiment. I was kinda hoping to see the diodes die, and not (just) cos i like to see them suffer. We will definitelly see the second 8x...

Re: 12x Murder Fund! (Complete!) 12x's seem to be quite different from 8x's in several aspects. Unlike most higher power diodes, these have a LOWER Ith (instead of higher, as is usual for higher power diodes), as well as a MUCH higher slope efficiency, than most 8x's (comparable to freak 8x's...

If the diode is turned ON and left ON without any switching, it can survive WAY longer than if it is turned ON and OFF. Time would pass much faster, but the end result would not be anywhere near what a diode would survive in a laser pointer. Here we are simulating average laser pointer use...

Re: 12x Murder Fund! (Complete!) I just finished setting up and testing the second counter setup. :yh: Here it is, with it's control panel, a pic i took during testing: This counter is a "little" more complex than the first one. It has a number of functions we don't really need, but i had...

I think it's time to start the second 8x Murder experiment! I was hoping to learn more about the entire degradation pattern (till COD) beforehand, but it looks like it would take too long to wait for this sucker to die! :whistle: The first murder candidate reached (and passed) 150 hours the...