dead diode? or not?

[Mohrenberg]

i've had dead diodes before (but not a dead LOC)

i think i may have killed it, but i can still shine it on the wall like 25 feet away
it was set at 420mA with glass lens......is it normal to be able to see it on the wall from that far away (focused)

i'll just assume that it's dead......
doesn't bother me at all though, since finally it was not an error on my parts that killed it....

 

[AusLasersSuck]

i've had dead diodes before (but not a dead LOC)

i think i may have killed it, but i can still shine it on the wall like 25 feet away
it was set at 420mA with glass lens......is it normal to be able to see it on the wall from that far away (focused)

i'll just assume that it's dead......
doesn't bother me at all though, since finally it was not an error on my parts that killed it....

Maybe some of the power of the the laser reflected off the glass lens and burnt the diodes to a crispy crunchy diode of yummyness.

Maybe you just let it stay on for too long.

Proberly got a shitty diode though...

 

[Mohrenberg]

it was a brand new diode prob had a TOTAL run time of 55 seconds? lol and never more than 10 seconds at a time.

had to of been a crap diode.......i didn't recognise the sled either.....wasn't labeled anywhere as lpc-815

 

[LaserLFC]

wow 55 secs n it dies thats gay