Did I kill it?

[Elyas]

Hey folks, I got the inferno driver off eBay set it at 350mAh, on a 3.7v 18650, I hooked up a 300-500mW 635nm open canister diode, it was working ok and went really dim ! did I kill the diode or is the driver playin wif me?

 

[Reaventon]

Did you do the normal protocol........... Like replacing the battery,etc.
Is your battery a protected one?

 

[jeffreythe00]

did you use heatsinking?

 

[Elyas]

It happened while I was testing it. So I had the diode inside copper module which was placed on my big chunky heatsink, and then I connected the driver wore to the 18650, after a few seconds it went dim! (5seconds or so).
I will upload an image of my setup when I get home.

 

[lasersbee]

Did you use a Laser Diode Test load before connecting
your LD or did you use your LD as the Test Load...:thinking:


Jerry

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[Elyas]

I used the diode as the test load
Couldn't find my Laser diode test load

the diode

the driver

sorry for the bad image quality.