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06-02-2012, 12:44 AM
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| Class 2M Laser  Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Maine
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Rep Power: 71   |  [Pic heavy] 117mA PHR-803t Blue Hotlight
Hey LPF, finally fixed this baby up!  First of all, I'd like to thank rocket689 for supplying me with this host and heatsink! He really went the extra mile and put an amazing polish on the face of the heatsink! Thanks rocket, I love this! I know you sold me this in like February or something, but I assure you this has already been utilized before now!  I've loved the idea of building a PHR-803t into the timeless Blue Hotlight host. This laser is beautifully complimented by its "Big Brother" a.k.a my Red Guidesman as seen <here>. It just seemed like a sort of "rite of passage" to do. I think it came out well with the BenBoost in there. I can use 3 AAAs to give it a good runtime. And down the road I could use a single Li-ion in there or even put 3 NiMH AAAs in there for a sweet runtime!  Story about that... I originally put in an 805 with a DDL driver, as you'll see, but then swapped the 805 for the classy and classic 803 went with a BenBoost because I could run it off of alkaline instead of two 10440s and a bridged battery holder. Oddly, after about a week after I put it together, it crapped out all of the sudden! I tried another 803 in there immediately which also blew out! The PHR-805 ran fine with it when I took it out of the Hotlight to test. But I got the courage to replace the blown 803 with a new one and it seems to work fine. Hopefully this diode is more robust and will last!  Anyway, here are some pictures of the host and the original DDL I used. Like I said before, I ended up using a BenBoost, which fits perfectly and is about the same size as the "free-hand soldered" 317 so no further adjustments were made.  When I chose to use the BenBoost, I hadn't realized that the BenBoost was not able to provide regulated current through the case of a host. So I happily swapped out the 805 for a good ol' PHR-803t. I don't know what it is about the 803t, but I like it a bit more than the 805s. Probably due to their versatile case neutrality! And here it is... in all its 405nm photonic glory!  BEAMSHOTS!!     Thanks for looking!! And an ESPECIALLY big thanks to rocket689 for hooking me up with this beautiful host/heatsink combo. I highly recommend his service and business! 
__________________ Favorite Lasers 405nm 117mA PHR-803t Blue Hotlight <See It Here> 650nm 260mW LPC-815 Red Guidesman WITH DIY KEYSWITCH <See It Here> 635nm <5mW Classy Chrome Leadlight "Build" <See It Here> 632.8nm 1.5mW Melles Griot 05-LHR-911 HeNe <See It Here> Reviews and Builds <Click To See> Beamshot Compilation <Click To See> DIY LPM <Click To See> |
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06-02-2012, 04:40 AM
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| Class 2 Laser  Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Charleston, SC
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Rep Power: 36 | Re: [Pic heavy] 117mA PHR-803t Blue Hotlight
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06-02-2012, 05:29 AM
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| Class 3B Laser  Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Belgium
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Rep Power: 256 | Re: [Pic heavy] 117mA PHR-803t Blue Hotlight
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06-02-2012, 10:44 AM
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| Class 2M Laser  Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Berkshire, UK
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Rep Power: 21  | Re: [Pic heavy] 117mA PHR-803t Blue Hotlight
Good build and lovely photos. my fave beamshot is the 3rd one 
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06-02-2012, 01:23 PM
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| Class 3R Laser  Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Oley, Pennsylvania
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Rep Power: 56 | Re: [Pic heavy] 117mA PHR-803t Blue Hotlight
Looks great, Bud! I'm glad you got it together. It looks awesome.  Killer pics, too. 
__________________ Would you like to purchase some M-140 445nm diodes (individual or pressed into Aixiz or pure copper module) at very reasonable prices? PM me if you are interested! My laser list has become way too big; I'm listing some of my favorites out of my extensive collection. 615mw 405nm/12X Spiderfire X-03 148mw 405nm/GGW in my "Hotlight-Saber" host 1920mw 445nm River Rock custom 1530mw 445nm Yobresal 1360mw 445nm Qumefox Sipik 800mw 445nm WL Arctic Spyder S3 240mw 473nm CNI Labby 8mw 473nm CNI Labby 528mw 532nm Lazerer Cannon 310mw 532nm Firedragon III 300mw 532nm CNI Labby 180mw 532nm SKY Laser 4x 147-267mw 532nm Waterproof 900mw 635nm in Temporary Finned Labby Sink Several 635nm diodes awaiting a build 500mw 650nm Dual LPC-826 Labby 251mw 650nm/LPC-815 Ultrafire U-501B Several 685nm diodes awaiting a build 3W 808nm diode awaiting build Kenometer w/ Coherent Thermopile 10W LaserBee 2.5W USB LPM Radiant Alpha 2W LPMSOLD=Now in Kuwait! 1.2W RGB Projector; JNM Wide Sky Galvos (Made in Germany); Laser Show Express; Arduino-based DAC |
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06-02-2012, 01:37 PM
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| Super Moderator  Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Liverpool , UK
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Rep Power: 215 | Re: [Pic heavy] 117mA PHR-803t Blue Hotlight
Great photo's. Cracking PHR you got there
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06-02-2012, 03:10 PM
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| Class 3R Laser  Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Andorra
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Rep Power: 114 | Re: [Pic heavy] 117mA PHR-803t Blue Hotlight
Very nice laser, and beautiful photos, Fret... I can not give you more REP for now  |
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06-02-2012, 10:19 PM
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| Class 2M Laser Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Maine
Posts: 797
Rep Power: 71 | Re: [Pic heavy] 117mA PHR-803t Blue Hotlight
__________________ Favorite Lasers 405nm 117mA PHR-803t Blue Hotlight <See It Here> 650nm 260mW LPC-815 Red Guidesman WITH DIY KEYSWITCH <See It Here> 635nm <5mW Classy Chrome Leadlight "Build" <See It Here> 632.8nm 1.5mW Melles Griot 05-LHR-911 HeNe <See It Here> Reviews and Builds <Click To See> Beamshot Compilation <Click To See> DIY LPM <Click To See> |
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07-16-2012, 04:08 PM
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| Class 3R Laser  Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: port huron, michigan
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07-16-2012, 05:35 PM
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| Class 2M Laser Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Maine
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Rep Power: 71 | Re: [Pic heavy] 117mA PHR-803t Blue Hotlight
Hey! Thanks for the kind words  I got this host off a member a few months back at an awesome price. I don't know if he has any at the moment as these have been hard to come by lately since most people already built lasers into them.
__________________ Favorite Lasers 405nm 117mA PHR-803t Blue Hotlight <See It Here> 650nm 260mW LPC-815 Red Guidesman WITH DIY KEYSWITCH <See It Here> 635nm <5mW Classy Chrome Leadlight "Build" <See It Here> 632.8nm 1.5mW Melles Griot 05-LHR-911 HeNe <See It Here> Reviews and Builds <Click To See> Beamshot Compilation <Click To See> DIY LPM <Click To See> |
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07-16-2012, 06:03 PM
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| Class 3R Laser Join Date: Jun 2012 Location: port huron, michigan
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