No duty cycle LCC red

[Crossfire]

I have a couple of the BDR-S03 sleds and have a question about the LCC diodes in them. Anyone have any idea what current to set the drive at for no-duty-cycle operation for a LCC red? A similar study for PHR's yielded 90mA, just wondering if anyone knows for the LCC red.

I'd like to build a matching laser for my 90mA PHR.

 

[RA_pierce]

You can probably get away with 250mA if you're using a decent heat sink. For a smaller build such as a pen sized host I would think that maybe 200mA would be good enough for a long cycle... maybe 180 for unlimited. I have never run a LOC or LCC at currents that low, so this is just a guess. Others may have more definitive answers.

Edit:
Are you asking about unlimited duty cycle or about keeping the lifetime of your diode high?

 

[Crossfire]

Unlimited duty cycle, only limited by battery life. The host would be a Jayrob Pocket Mini - small but heatsinked.

 

[daguin]

An interesting question, Crossfire. I don't remember anyone doing this work before.

Peace,
dave

 

[Flaminpyro]

I have built many LPC-815 lasers and run most at 200-210ma for a no duty cycle so far none have been returned because the diode blu-up I have a couple running in my heatsinks at 300ma with a 5 min on 1 min off duty cycle and they are still going fine.

Peace All Pyro... :eg: