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No I hooked it up after the driver. It worked pretty good. All my readings were staying at 180 ma after taking the suggestions (no test load at the same time lol, etc,) so I hooked it up and it is working just fine. I guess the voltage just fluctuates to make up for keeping everything at a...

I need to get some electrical tape before I will be happy. I loosely put some duct tape over the bare wire spots just to test it out. Worked for 10 minutes straight with no trouble. Worked for short durations 3 times. I am not running this close to max current as I want to put it in a unit that...

decided to just say screw it and hooked up the diode. Here are the photos Flickr: polarizednorthstar's Photostream BOOOHRAH!!!

Does this mean when I hook up my working diode it will send the correct voltage? and cycle back the remaining volts? By open do you mean that it isn't drawing any power and just cycling it through? my milliamps are 180 and it reads 4.9 volts with the test load. Milliamps stay at 180 but voltage...

I took off the test load It still reads 180 milliamps but it reads 11 volts without the load. I am measuring from the - to the + with the positive tip of my multimeter after the last resistor and the negative on the end of the negative wire on my Ac adapter.

please reupload the documentation.

Oh and should I include the test load into my final product? I just took a few readings when hooked directly onto the dead diode and it read about 11 volts. With the dummy load connected it read 4.8 again.

I bought it from the same suppliers website (which was down for maintenance.) I figured it had capacitors but none are linked between the + and - leads as the lm317 uses only the positive side. I am not sure if that makes a big difference. Yeah I put the chip in the diagram as is. I am not...

Oh and I thought I would mention that the voltage coming out is a bit sloppy but I haven't hooked up a capacitor yet (gonna pick one up tomorrow.) Is there anything to watch out for and will that fix the voltage changes? Also the ac adaptor was putting out much much more volts from the leads...

Ok I spent yesterday building the power supply for my diode. I am using the lm317 chip installed in a chip housing. It can be found here DC Regulators LM317 LT117 MC34063 Step Up Down *USA - eBay (item 150405545131 end time Mar-15-10 19:24:27 PDT) I am using a 9 volt 500 milliamp power supply...

I had good luck with you guys. Items took a little longer than 3 days but I am on the other side of the coast and it's winter. I am an ex truck driver so I understand. My only suggestion is to maybe slip a little card with links to pdf instructions for your chips. The test circuit especially...

Wormwood contains thujone. Thujone like saffrole (in sassafras) was found to give cancer to mice in doses large enough to be similar in weight to the mouse. Due to this they changed the plants using the ingredients in zippo lighter fluid and other chemicals to remove the alkaloid in American...

Thank you Hallucynogenyc and Greenmechanic for the advice. I tried to read the guide but it really made little sense in this part in question. Was he trying to hook up 6 red diodes and 1 blue in the picture? Or were those extra electronics parts that should or shouldn't come with my driver. Oh...

Hmm I was asking others in the forum on how to switch an ir diode into green and they said it was pretty difficult. This picture shows you pointing the beam through a crystal and that's about it. This doesn't look too hard really. Thanks for the inspiration. Do you by any chance have a mw...

What are they and what do they do? I have a digital multimeter. Why would I need to test the ampage with an additional circuit board. Links are fine but please point to the correct page on them if it is a multi-page faq.