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LEDed a PL450B myself tonight.:cryyy: Always sucks but it is just part of the deal.:tinfoil:
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LEDed a PL450B myself tonight.:cryyy: Always sucks but it is just part of the deal.:tinfoil:
There's nothing for anyone to apologize for. I'm just conveying my perspective. I'm also cognizant of the fact that while these drivers are named after a member here, the actual drivers everyone is discussing weren't assembled and quality checked by him. That's an important thing to keep in mind. If a Mohgasm driver failed, you wouldn't blame Daedal.
I'm all for putting drivers to the torture test. I generally say that about most things in this hobby, including things I've had some part in creating. That is (or should be) the idea of this hobby. Failure is failure, and nothing irritates me more than when people try to pretend it hasn't happened. That said, the same perspective cuts two ways. When really novice builders blame the equipment or components because they're not willing to believe that they could be at fault themselves, I roll my eyes (and not with an emoticon, I roll the real ones).
I frequently see "vets" (the ones who actually build) owning up to the diodes that they've killed, discussing their pain, mourning their losses, and exploring the sense of emptiness that comes after a particularly bad run. If vets can admit to killing diodes, then why is it so hard for new hobbyists to swallow the realization that they've murdered a diode? The quest for coherance is literature with a lot of dead InGaN. That's life.
Actually, it's not life. It's a wonderful, but completely non-essential hobby, that costs a lot of money, a lot of patience, and a lot of humility to participate in.
What driver were you using ?
Let me check with LeQuack first, he's closer. If he doesn't think his scope is right for the job or he isn't up for it then I will send it your way Tom.
Regarding you taking exception to my comments.... I didn't direct them at you tsteele. I don't think I even mentioned you, once, anywhere. In fact, I'm not even sure that you were part of that other thread that we were talking about.
RHD said:I frequently see "vets" (the ones who actually build) owning up to the diodes that they've killed, discussing their pain, mourning their losses, and exploring the sense of emptiness that comes after a particularly bad run. If vets can admit to killing diodes, then why is it so hard for new hobbyists to swallow the realization that they've murdered a diode?
I'm not sure why you took exception to anything, but as a general comment, this isn't nearly as dramatic as your reply would suggest it to be. I'm a big kid, Ben's a big kid, we can take some criticisim, and as far as I'm concerned, if there's a problem, it should get sorted out.
The only thing that I felt was directed at me was the comment,
I frequently see "vets" (the ones who actually build) owning up to the diodes that they've killed, discussing their pain, mourning their losses, and exploring the sense of emptiness that comes after a particularly bad run. If vets can admit to killing diodes, then why is it so hard for new hobbyists to swallow the realization that they've murdered a diode?