my diode blew

[CL_]

my diode broke so i am going to get a new one from stonetek. Does anyone know if he has the good diodes again? Or does he still have the bad ones?

 

[chido]

http://www.laserpointerforums.com/forums/YaBB.pl?num=1199990106/75#79

 

[CL_]

yay, that means I can get one. When it blew, the diode was putting out some light, but it was 2 lines. I dont know if thats how they all look or what. I thought that it was just a faint dot....

 

[chido]

Well, I can't really tell you what a dead LD looks like since I haven't killed any. Yet : All I've heard is that they look like LEDs.

 

[CL_]

Yeah, thats what I've heard, but i was using my laser and it just blew. Now, there are two faint lines on the wall where i shine it.
like this
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[chido]

Did you check the lens or the window on the diode?

 

[Switch]

Well, I can't really tell you what a dead LD looks like since I haven't killed any. Yet : All I've heard is that they look like LEDs.

This is what a dead LD looks like ROFL!

 

[CL_]

Did you check the lens or the window on the diode?

theres nothing that could have gotten on it because it was inside the housing with the lens covering it

 

[chido]

[quote author=chido link=1205448993/0#3 date=1205450689]Well, I can't really tell you what a dead LD looks like since I haven't killed any. Yet : All I've heard is that they look like LEDs.

This is what a dead LD looks like   ROFL![/quote]

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D

 

[chido]

[quote author=chido link=1205448993/0#5 date=1205451018]Did you check the lens or the window on the diode?

theres nothing that could have gotten on it because it was inside the housing with the lense covering it [/quote]

Ok, but you should still check it out, you never know.

 

[Switch]

Too bad all those people are behind the camera so we can't see them laughing their asses off at my awesomeness : ;D

Meanwhile, back on topic, you should check the diode window, but from what it seems to me , it totaly got fried :-/

 

[CL_]

ok, I have checked and there is nothing on it looks like I will have to fork over $20, I winder why it looked like that? :-?

 

[chido]

I don't know, but now it's DEAD uuummm, I mean it's happily and peacefully resting in LD heaven. ;D

 

[styropyro]

Keep all of your dead LD's in a little box. That way when you are feeling sad you can go cry over your dead little babies. Sometimes you can run them as zombie diodes when you're bored. I had a few 5mW red diodes that blew, then I hooked them up directly to some AA batteries and it put out red again! It got really hot and the dot was a little distorted but they are fun to play with while you are waiting for new diodes to kill.

 

[pwnstar]

or practice your soldering skills on the pins,
or open em up and look at their innards

 

[Hemlock_Mike]

Sometimes, I use one of the dead ones as a dummy load to test a new driver. The junction voltage drop and current usually remain about the same unless you REALLY blew it.

Mike