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I took your advice, thank you. I bought 2 Senkat diodes pre-mounted in the housing, 3 sets of components for driver boards, and a third AixiZ module for the phasor diode i am going to buy. Thanks for your help.

No, i didn't look into it. Why would i do that. Blinding light was an exaggeration. The reason i hooked it up to the 3 volts was because it was my first harvest and wanted to make sure i had the right diode because i couldn't find any info on the web on how to do it or by asking you guys. And...

To late, i have just the diode, no housing and hooked it up to my " Electronics Learning Lab"! all i got at 3 volts was diffused but blinding red light. I think i killed the diode. Then i decided to put it up to 9 volts, 6 AA batteries. And it shined for like 50 seconds were i couldn't look...

Thank you very much. Also, is there anyway to test if a diode is still good without a driver or AixiZ housing?

Hey guys, how would i tell what lead is the vout and what lead is the Vin on a potentiometer? Also, what would be a good battery to test my diode with?

1.5 volts??? i don't think so.

You could always remove the lens and then add a new one externally but that would be a bit of a stretch.

I have recently tried to harvest a diode from a benq DVD burner and i have two semi-identical diodes. I understand one emits IR and one emits red light but i can not find a way to identify them. I have tried to hook up a AAA battery but i cant get the contacts to touch right and it wont emit...

ok, so i am building a new red laser hoping to get a power of at least 150mw (or is it mw?) This is the parts list i have now. I was wondering if you have any additions for it or recommendations for it. Later on i plan to water cool it which will be awesome. The only real part i am worried about...

sorry about that but i didn't think people would notice that thread. I kinda wandered off topic there

I was wondering what you all thought was the definitive best driver/diode combo for burning that is readily available online and is cost efficient.

o ok. also a few people have recommended red diodes/drivers for me. I was wondering what you all think is the definitive best driver/diode combo that is cost efficient and powerful.

Hey, i was wondering if heat was the only thing that limits a harvested open can diode? does anyone know? Thanks

Also, will the axis laser housing remove enough heat?

i understand that mw and ma's are different but how? is one more powerful than the other. i have read stories about people mixing up the two and i don't want one. And about the water cooling i am going to attempt that later for the soul purpose of making it awesome and increasing the life.

i wanted to use the purchasable driver and what is a TEC? o and about the water cooling, i have done it many times with pc's and may attempt it on a cheapo diode first.

i am confused on were yo put the diode on the driver you reccomended is the pot built in to that driver board? and lastly, what limits the output of the diode? would water cooling affect the output?

O *smack* i knew what a potentiometer was. thanks man. i will check out the heat sink fourms

o ok. i just did not understand what the driver does. Also, will this allow me to change the amount of power going to the laser? I understand a plug is a variable resistor right? lastly, were on the board do you mount the diode? Thanks for helping me

Ok, i am going to be purchasing some laser diodes and was wondering were i could BUY a driver for my laser. I do not know what i want. Basically i want a circuit that can be adjusted for out put to a 1mw diode to at least a 500mw diode. Could you please help me if this is possible. If not, tell...