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I noticed that my 8x diode in my custom host was getting a larger splash then usual. So i went to clean the lens. I noticed that the light coming out of the diode looks different than normal. So I compared this diode (with 1 hour of use) to my other 8x diode (with ~1 minute of use) . Here are two photos of the 8x light with no lens. There is a dark oval in the light of diode that has been used for an hour. Is this diode degradation? I can't test the power output to see if its outputing less power but I would assume it is if there is a dark oval.