Blazing Diodes: from spinnaker's http://forum.allaboutcircuits.com/showthread.php?t=3

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VoodooMojo

Joined Nov 28, 2009
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another burning diode video.

1N4004

still lights at .8 volts.
varied the supply voltage from zero to 16 volts.
at 1 amp it glows pretty bright.
at 8 amps, well, see for yourself.
note the leads flash, first the anode on the left, then the cathode on the right.
probably the result of more package remaining on the cathode side.







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SgtWookie

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It would be cool to do it again, but use a fan to keep the smoke out of the lens as the diode's burning up.

Notice the tinned leads "flash" at about 0:30 - 0:31
 
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I worked for Philips when the LED was invented. (Their invention of the Compact Cassette was fun). In their demonstration I thought the LED's junction was red hot. It wasn't bright but it was warm.
 
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