Igor is building the second cycler position now. He was looking at making two more positions but needed another part.
Peace,
dave
Yep, i'm assembling the second sensor/counter setup, but for the 12x experiment..
The parts required are a counter and a GIANT heatsink. That, and a new sensor (which can easily be made out of parts i have on hand). I bought a second counter a while ago (after learning i'm torturing a 12x), now only the ModWerx heatsink has to come, and i can start that experiment (oh, and we have to decide where to torture the 12x - a very tough decision, in my oppinion...).
I could torture another diode blasting onto a sensor connected to a time recorder only (no counter (and visual feedback - to know when to replot)), but i didn't order a third giant heatsink... :undecided:
As for the currents, i'm already beating myself on the head, for saying "not necessary" to the third diode proposal on the second day of this murder fund. :yabbem:
I will go with whatever the majority of the contribuors wants of course. Might even sacrifice my own diode to answer some of the more complicated questions.
I just hope we don't go too high to get meaningful data this time.. If the result of the second test is 20h or less, that would be bad. It would mean we went too far, cos at those currents, diode life will vary from one to another as much as 1-20h..
Altho if the first murder candidate actually was the weakest diode (in more than just efficiency), there might be quite a bit more in them. We shall see..
And just this is a big reason for why i don't want to change the conditions of the first experiment!
The final number of hours at 300mA will be VERY important in figuring out how much further we can push with the second one!
Anyway, attached is the second murder candidate..
P.S. The first diode is nearing 150h! Currently at 144h 33m! (only 385 cycles to go)