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Man I am so mad. I had three DVD burners. Two of them were Liteons 20X and one was a phillips 16X. All three were OPEN CAN diodes. I just dont get it though. :-? I was VERY precautious in removing these diodes. I understand they are WAY more sensative than closed can. But here's the thing. I wore a grounding wrist strap. Worked on an antistatic mat. Grounded my soldering iron and only touched the diode to the solder for a half second to 1 second. I hooked it up starting at 80mA and it was decently bright. But then as I went up, nothing happened. I went to 280 mA and it barely got brighter. I was like what the heck??? This diode will refuse to lase. I just dont understand. Unless the diode was already blown into an LED BEFORE i hooked it to power. But rest assure, I was EXTREMELY cautious when removing the diode and never had heat on the leads for more that 1 second. Well that is 3 in a row that are refusing to lase or perhaps blown. If anyone has any ideas what might of happened, please let me know and share your experiences with open can diodes. Thank You.
Ok this picture is at 200 mA. It looks bright doesn't it?? Yeah well looks are deceiving . It stayed this bright all the way to 280 mA?????
Ok this picture is at 200 mA. It looks bright doesn't it?? Yeah well looks are deceiving . It stayed this bright all the way to 280 mA?????