It's a 3.8mm TO-18 package too. Seems like a perfect substitution. Trying to figure out the best way to get the old diode out now. It looks like there is just a brass tube inside the heat sink, but there is either striaght up rubber cement or rubberized thermal paste inside the sink too...
Hi, all! First post. I've scoured these forums, and I didn't really see anything like this (except a few post from several days ago, but didn't want to hijack the thread). I have a 405nm 500mw-ish Banggood laser module with a dead laser diode. I was burning something last night, and the laser...