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ive had 4 SF-AW210 diode's go LED in the last 6 month's . they were all set @ around 160ma . only 1 of them lasted more than a few week's. i'm now using GGW-H20L and so far so good .
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I've read that GGW-H20L diodes are more powerful than SF-AW210 sleds. But with GGW-H20L sleds priced around $70 and SF-AW210s priced around $30, is the extra $40 mark up worth it?
Having only owned one of each diodes, I have been a bit unlucky with the GGW diodes. When I run one at 170mA, I get 120mW with acrylic lens, which is crap, frankly.
My AW-210 however, give me 240mW at 214ma with an aixiz acrylic lens. Its awesome
Brtaman: Your GGW was a "cherry picked" super-freak! Came from a v3 sled version which contained nothing but longer wavelength freaks.. What power did you get again, and what was the current?
I'm glad someone else is benefiting from this information.Thanks for this thread. I have been wondering the difference myself too.
Yeah, after reviewing everyone's responses on this thread it seems that the capabilities of SF-AW210s are quite varied. Is there a minimum safe current for SF-AW210 diodes? What is the expected power output at this current?SF-AWs on the other hand are very inconsistent diodes, which is usually not a good sign - the higher the power rating of a diode, the more consistent they become.
The $70 I quoted was from Laser Surplus Parts dot com (I cant post the link for some reason, it keeps getting starred out like this: www.*****************.com). For $50 the GGW-H20L does become more enticing. But the price is still a bit high for what I'd like to spend. Do you know of any sellers that are willing to efficiency test SF-AW210s?As for the price.. Who sells them for $70? They recently dropped in price, and as far as i know you can now even get efficiency tested GGWs for $50, and make sure you don't get a bad one! The low efficiency ones will be sold off at a lower price.
Has IgorT posted his graph of 75 GGW-H20L sleds yet? I can seem to find it on this forum :thinking:. Either way, I'll be looking foward to a SF-AW210 graph. Hopefully it will help clear up why some people killed their SF-AW210s at 160ma, while others run them at 210ma with no problem.
Igor made a more than gorgeous work :bowdown:, cleaning, resoldering, etc. I have just received it to-day, resurrexed to a new life and, as you can see in the annexed (bad, sorry) pictures, its P.O. is still 271mW with a LarryDFW lens.....
FrancoRob;
That is a substantial power output from the Sanyo diode.
Can you estimate how many hours you have on the laser ?
LarryDFW