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[About reaching 600mW with the test diode]
Of course, and i realize that.
However i also know, that 500mW+ is almost (if not completelly) exclusivelly reached only with the higher efficiency 8x's. The lower ones peak at 460mW at 360mA.
Because of that, when we are testing if 8x's can survive 500mW+, i set the test diode to 350mA, not 500mW+, because it would require a ridiculous current for that, since it's a low efficiency diode.
Before that we set an 8x to 300mA, where high efficiency ones reach 400mW+, while the test diode reached 360mW or so.
Thus, going by the same logic, i initially set the test 12x to 550mW, since it's at a current, where the high efficiency ones would actually reach 600mW+.
Basically, the idea is (or was), to test a CURRENT, where good 12x's reach 600mW and less good ones 550mW (or anything in between).
In theory, it would show that if the "bad" 12x's can survive this current, so could the good ones...
In any case, right now the 12x's driver is set to 420mA, where it will produce approx 590mW, and i'm just waiting for confirmation, to flip the Torture Switch.
I think that is the answer most people want.
Of course, and i realize that.
However i also know, that 500mW+ is almost (if not completelly) exclusivelly reached only with the higher efficiency 8x's. The lower ones peak at 460mW at 360mA.
Because of that, when we are testing if 8x's can survive 500mW+, i set the test diode to 350mA, not 500mW+, because it would require a ridiculous current for that, since it's a low efficiency diode.
Before that we set an 8x to 300mA, where high efficiency ones reach 400mW+, while the test diode reached 360mW or so.
Thus, going by the same logic, i initially set the test 12x to 550mW, since it's at a current, where the high efficiency ones would actually reach 600mW+.
Basically, the idea is (or was), to test a CURRENT, where good 12x's reach 600mW and less good ones 550mW (or anything in between).
In theory, it would show that if the "bad" 12x's can survive this current, so could the good ones...
In any case, right now the 12x's driver is set to 420mA, where it will produce approx 590mW, and i'm just waiting for confirmation, to flip the Torture Switch.