During my learning procces about lasers i was building a 405nm laser. Im not a hero with the solderblob. so what happend is that my driver started to melt. it defn. was broken. Shame i had no reserve drivers for those 3 x 405nm diodes i still had rotten away. Long delivery times in combination with a massive dose of aDHD made me just skip it. i conntected those diodes straight on 2x cr123 3,6v batt. and i tell u, it was very powerfull. the laser burned stuff like hell. Later i fcked those up by connect them on a 9v block lol. Now the question i got : what for do i need a driver caus whyle i use it paralel on 2x 3,6v cr123 the output is insane.
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405nm diode noob question.:)
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You will kill the diodes with current spikes! You may have gotten away with it so far, but trust Me your diodes will DIE!
ah thnx man. so i might just been lucky there. i remember when i plugged that 9v bat. on the diode i seen a very small white flash. after that one it didnt show any signs of life. indeed it died. lol i had a 12v car accu standing ready for more exp haha
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The others you hooked up may have been degraded, but you won't know for sure until you get more drivers on hand.