8x murder fund? i'd be in! make a new thread perhaps? I think this would give valuable data. still not a single 8x diode died from the "normal" limits (too high current and output, degration, then death and LED)! the only two dead 8x diodes died from other causes.. so we have no clue what their limit is, not?
manuel
We trully don't know what their CW ratings are.
But it is my belief that whatever power the diode survives on my Cycler for 100h+ is a good life for a laser pointer!
I think 100h+ should be a laser pointer reliability standard.
A second standard for really pushing it would be 24h+..
With normal use, both limits take a while to reach.
I had special circuitry made for just this very purpose!
It's the "
Cycler Circuit" which tortures diodes by turning them ON for a minute and OFF for a minute.
Now this closelly resembles MANY/MOST people's laser use, except with me, because i don't believe in the Duty Cycle Monster.
I use lasers for 10 minutes straight sometimes, and that's keychains!
My main build can keep a diode cool for an hour straight! Well, below body temp at least...
And that's good because they are made to live at 80°C inside drives for 1000h+....
We keep them cool for the most time. A few minutes at once at most, or one with most people.
I believe a diode at under 30°C can live almost twice as long as at 80 because it ages slower...
