The Little Diode That Could

[CurtisOliver]

87,625 hours! We made it 10 years! I'm not sure what I expected when I started this, but I never thought I'd be writing this post.

Ten years, so much has happened in that time. Even though most of my laser projects were placed on hold, this gave me a reason to come in here and check up on things. I still have most of my projects in various states of completion and hope that with the new house I'll have a safe place to start putting them together.

Thanks to everyone who has encouraged me to stick with this crazy pointless project.

Just a note. We are moving this week and I purchased a new massive UPS that should power this little guy for months. I'll be hooking it all up before moving so there will be a short few seconds that it will be out while switching it over.

That’s crazy. 10 full years is a long time. I wonder if it can survive 100,000 hours?

 

[Antharak]

87,625 hours! We made it 10 years! I'm not sure what I expected when I started this, but I never thought I'd be writing this post.

Ten years, so much has happened in that time. Even though most of my laser projects were placed on hold, this gave me a reason to come in here and check up on things. I still have most of my projects in various states of completion and hope that with the new house I'll have a safe place to start putting them together.

Thanks to everyone who has encouraged me to stick with this crazy pointless project.

Just a note. We are moving this week and I purchased a new massive UPS that should power this little guy for months. I'll be hooking it all up before moving so there will be a short few seconds that it will be out while switching it over.

Outstanding! 10 years, I'd forgotten all about it.

 

[Javalin]

Can you calculate how much power it has consumed during these past 10 years? That's crazy though. 10 years of continuous use!

It's just a simple current limiting resistor. 100Ω so assuming a 2.2V Vf on the diode and rounding to 25mA... that's 0.115W. Multiplied by the 87,625 hours that's 10KWhrs.

 

[BowtieGuy]

Wow,10yrs. That little diode has outlasted most of the members that were here when this project began.
Hoping for 10 more!

 

[paul1598419]

Wow,10yrs. That little diode has outlasted most of the members that were here when this project began.
Hoping for 10 more!

Me too.