First Successful Blu-Ray!

[Wolfman29]

Hey all!

I just finished my first successful blu-ray build in an Aurora C6 host, DinoDirect buck LED driver (customized to put out 90-120mA of current, depending on voltage), self-made copper heatsink, and lots of fiddling!

Anyway, it's nice I can see the beam in a dark room and it's... grey! It's very bizarre, but neat.

It burns like a mofo, even on white things! I <3 it! It even lights up my little glow in the dark thing like it's sunny out.

Anyway, just felt like posting my success. If my phone wasn't dead I would take some quick pictures and put 'em up. Tomorrow I will get some beam-shots once I smoke up the kitchen.

 

[Wolfman29]

Oh, just a question: when I take off the lens, I still see a couple of faint spots. I assume that those are particles of dust on the window of the diode... should I attempt to clean them off? Will it damage the diode eventually? Should I just leave it?

 

[rocket689]

Congrats on the build! By the current you listed, I'm assuming it is a PHR diode. As far as cleaning the diode, try a microfiber cloth. I haven't tried it yet, but that's what most recommend. :beer:

 

[Wolfman29]

Yeah, it's a PHR. I wanted to safely run it below anything dangerous just in case this LED driver failed me =P

Anyway, this is my fifth attempt at a PHR, and I have killed all the others (or they were defective), so I am glad this one finally got into a build.

My red (now in a hotlight build) was like my 8th LOC =p

I have a tendency to destroy diodes

 

[rocket689]

Wow Well, congrats on the successful build then. Just remember, failed attempts are always worth something: experience. Good luck on future endeavors.

 

[Wolfman29]

Yeah :\ Shaky hands is not beneficial to working with small electronics... same is true about not yet actually having anti-ESD stuff. I just touch my grounded PSU every minute or so, haha.

 

[bluuray]

LOL i raped my first phr diode.. kept touching it with the soldering iron (crappy radioshack one ) like 5-6 times after eachother..
didnt clean flux so its all sticky .. and its not in a housing and doesnt have a heatsinks and it still worked.. perfectly..

 

[Wolfman29]

Haha. My soldering iron is a crappy radioshack one too (the $8 one, haha). However, my soldering skills are actually pretty damn good. It's just the whole, accidentally break pins off, accidentally knock something and shove too much current in it, etc. that kills my diodes.

 

[Flaminpyro]

Congrats on your first :wave:
may there be many more !

 

[Wolfman29]

My next hopeful build will be a 445 1.3W or so... and hopefully I will have that built before June 28th (if I ever get enough money -.-). Anyone have any recommended hosts for such a build, one with a pill and one with a heatsink capable of keeping it cool for a minute or two?

 

[LaZeRz]

I hope u dont wreck that too best wishes on your 445nm build!, well you can use a hotlight if youve got one or for an awesome nice looking build you can use a solarforce l2 kit from Jayrob

 

[Haloid95]

Good job. Cant wait to see some pictures.

 

[NetGod3Com]

Congrats on your build, and a second on pictures.:wave:

 

[Wolfman29]

Nope =p For my next build (the 445), I think I am going to stick it in a new host (not custom made, but more original).

Anyway, pictures?

Here ya go!

What do you guys think?