Which LDR's for DIY vactrols?

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1. There’s some more discussion of DIY vactrols in the My Build Progress topic starting here:

My build progress

Finally got around to testing these things. Conclusion, they suck. [image] I tried out a bunch of different LDRs and LEDs. Here’s the best combo I could find, vs that same combo in a shrink tube DIY vactrol, vs a VTL5C3 from Thonk. The lens passes too much background light at low current, and loses too much light at high currents. I’ll be sticking to shrink tube.

2. I put some information on vactrols and LDRs up on a page on my website:

Vactrol information

Might add more later.