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maxkillz

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I got a blu-ray laser from styropyro today, he told me white= + black = - and that i should use a 9v battery, i connected the white to + and black to - on the 9v and it shone brightly....for about 10 seconds before it died. now it doesn't turn on at all. what could cause this? it didn't last long enough for pics but the beam and dot were very narrow and looked like a very thin line.
 





daguin

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Sounds like you need to talk to styropyro.

Peace,
dave
 
john_lawson

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same thing happened to me i shipped a pre built bluray in a module to iewed and poof flash of blue and no more i replaced it for him that was when they cost 42 bucks each from psxboy ouch inthe hole 23 + bucks but me and iewed are homies now lol :cool:
 
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maxkillz said:
I got a blu-ray laser from styropyro today, he told me white= + black = - and that i should use a 9v battery, i connected the white to + and black to - on the 9v and it shone brightly....for about 10 seconds before it died. now it doesn't turn on at all. what could cause this? it didn't last long enough for pics but the beam and dot were very narrow and looked like a very thin line.
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You didn't connect the poor diode directly to a 9v battery did you? :-?
 
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Switch said:
[quote author=maxkillz link=1218774845/0#0 date=1218774845]I got a blu-ray laser from styropyro today, he told me white= + black = - and that i should use a 9v battery, i connected the white to + and black to - on the 9v and it shone brightly....for about 10 seconds before it died. now it doesn't turn on at all. what could cause this? it didn't last long enough for pics but the beam and dot were very narrow and looked like a very thin line.
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You didn't connect the poor diode directly to a 9v battery did you? :-?[/quote]
I hope not
 
daguin

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Switch said:
You didn't connect the poor diode directly to a 9v battery did you? :-?
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I think it had a Rkcstr driver. That's where the white and black wire came from.

If Styropyro sent it out with wires soldered directly to the diode and then told the customer to hook the wires to the battery, that would be a problem.

Peace,
dave
 
Bionic-Badger

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Was that diode heatsinked properly? Just having it inside the axixz module might not be enough. It sounds like everything was in proper order except the fact that it overheated and died.
 
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Bionic-Badger said:
Was that diode heatsinked properly? Just having it inside the axixz module might not be enough. It sounds like everything was in proper order except the fact that it overheated and died.
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Hm i think it should life longer than 10 seks in an axiz housing.
 
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Yeah I doubt it would generate enough heat to over heat in 10 seconds, in a aixiz module!

Give styropyro a PM and see what he says.
 
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Things said:
Yeah I doubt it would generate enough heat to over heat in 10 seconds, in a aixiz module!
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One of Climbak's professors has had one running at 130mA, using ONLY the heat sink it came with from the sled, while sitting UNDER a piece of paper, 24/7, for over a month. I don't think overheating (at least NOT by Maxkills) is the issue.

Peace,
dave
 
john_lawson

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:-? its the mail gremlins they played with it for two days during shipment ,causing failure
 
thesk8nmidget

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i have my blu ray turned to 130ma and it is just in the axixz housing and i have had it do a few duty cycles of a minute or so on and a minute off and the module hasnt even gotten warm.

my red on the other hand at 320ma gets pretty warm after about 30 seconds in just the axixz module so im waiting to get my heatsink in before i run her to much.

what current was yours set to?
 
styropyro

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I've been in contact with maxkillz and he'll be getting a refund...but what gets me is how could have this happened? I mean if it would have somehow got busted in the mail it wouldn't have lit up at all. I tested it and looked over the module well (made sure solder joints were secure) before I sent it out, I can't see how it could break. I guess the only way to find out what happened is to take it apart when I get it back and see what the problem is.
 
GooeyGus

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styropyro said:
I've been in contact with maxkillz and he'll be getting a refund...but what gets me is how could have this happened? I mean if it would have somehow got busted in the mail it wouldn't have lit up at all. I tested it and looked over the module well (made sure solder joints were secure) before I sent it out, I can't see how it could break. I guess the only way to find out what happened is to take it apart when I get it back and see what the problem is.
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Basically, sh*t happens ;D

I built a dilda-ray for '360freak' a week or so ago. The current wasn't high at all, it was putting out 100-110mW. Around 125mA, with good heatsinking. I put it through the normal testing I do before sending lasers out, everything was perfect. No power degradation, no failure 'signs'. And yet, it failed after about a day and a half after he got it. Sometimes these things just fail, and it's usually nothing we've done (except for 'over driving' these poor diodes ;D). In my case, I'm just gunna switch out the diode and send it back, but I'm curious to get the diode under a microscope and see whats up :p
 
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