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Seeking tips on de-canning LDs

Thread starter Bogart
Start date Dec 2, 2011

Apr 10, 2014

Bionic-Badger

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Unless the window is damaged, I would advise against it. The can protects the diode, and the window may prevent back-reflections. Supposedly some diode cans were filled with inert gas to increase lifespan, but I'm not sure about that.