Glutton
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I just built my test load today and I cannot figure out how to test my o-like 405 driver.
This is the multimeter I have http://www.pricenetwork.ca/attachments/thumb_12317_1154551879.jpg .
I have built one laser already with a preset lava drive to 150 and I tested the drive with a case negative set up laser by connecting the DMM and completing the circuit and got a reading of 0.26 with the 10A setting which means my driver is running at 260mA on a PHR! That cannot be correct right?
I am a little confused about the settings on my multi-meter because from what I have read here your supposed to set it to V section around 200m and take your reading as 1mV=1mA. but when I connect my 0like driver and use the V section set to 200m, all I get is a reading between 0-3 when I turn the pot. and nothing using the 200mA setting.
Can someone give me some ideas of what I am doing wrong?
I have also tested all the diodes on my dummy load and they all work fine and are all connected fine(even with my nooby soldering skills) so is this just my driver? Are these dummy loads supposed to work for every type of driver?
EDIT: I may have just messed up my pot now by turning it WAY past 360*. Is that bad?
Edit: I never mentioned that I found my problem a while ago(8/25). It was my shitty radioshack battery and my pot is fine, all is good.
This is the multimeter I have http://www.pricenetwork.ca/attachments/thumb_12317_1154551879.jpg .
I have built one laser already with a preset lava drive to 150 and I tested the drive with a case negative set up laser by connecting the DMM and completing the circuit and got a reading of 0.26 with the 10A setting which means my driver is running at 260mA on a PHR! That cannot be correct right?
I am a little confused about the settings on my multi-meter because from what I have read here your supposed to set it to V section around 200m and take your reading as 1mV=1mA. but when I connect my 0like driver and use the V section set to 200m, all I get is a reading between 0-3 when I turn the pot. and nothing using the 200mA setting.
Can someone give me some ideas of what I am doing wrong?
I have also tested all the diodes on my dummy load and they all work fine and are all connected fine(even with my nooby soldering skills) so is this just my driver? Are these dummy loads supposed to work for every type of driver?
EDIT: I may have just messed up my pot now by turning it WAY past 360*. Is that bad?
Edit: I never mentioned that I found my problem a while ago(8/25). It was my shitty radioshack battery and my pot is fine, all is good.
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