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I received my order from Lazerer the other day and everything is working. Including this blue laser, but it's a little quirky.
The laser in question is the 100mW LZCS 450nm, a very cool unit. It works but it seems to be a bit 'reluctant' to light up sometimes. E.g. when I press the button, there is sometimes a delay of a few seconds before the laser comes on, while at other times there is no delay. Actually, when I got the laser I thought it was DOA, it did not appear to work at all. Then I tapped it on my car's center console and now it works. It just has the noticeable 'reluctance' issue at random times.
Batteries are fully charged LG C1 18650's at 2800mAh. I notice that the battery spring inside the host appears very short. I did manage to expose more of the spring (it's surrounded by a foam-plasic disk, which can be pushed to the end of the battery compartment). However, this didn't appear to change anything.
Should I be worried? Or is a bit of hesitance normal for this type of laser, which is almost certainly employing a boost driver (due to blue diodes wanting ~6 volts)? The tailcap current draw is 430mA.
The LP450 from Sky is quirky as well, no delays or hesitance, but it does make a squealing sound when supply voltage gets low and it starts applying a lot of boost.
Thanks for any advice. Mainly just wondering if I should be expecting the laser to die sooner rather than later. I hope not because I don't want to fuss with shipping this back to China for a replacement.
The laser in question is the 100mW LZCS 450nm, a very cool unit. It works but it seems to be a bit 'reluctant' to light up sometimes. E.g. when I press the button, there is sometimes a delay of a few seconds before the laser comes on, while at other times there is no delay. Actually, when I got the laser I thought it was DOA, it did not appear to work at all. Then I tapped it on my car's center console and now it works. It just has the noticeable 'reluctance' issue at random times.
Batteries are fully charged LG C1 18650's at 2800mAh. I notice that the battery spring inside the host appears very short. I did manage to expose more of the spring (it's surrounded by a foam-plasic disk, which can be pushed to the end of the battery compartment). However, this didn't appear to change anything.
Should I be worried? Or is a bit of hesitance normal for this type of laser, which is almost certainly employing a boost driver (due to blue diodes wanting ~6 volts)? The tailcap current draw is 430mA.
The LP450 from Sky is quirky as well, no delays or hesitance, but it does make a squealing sound when supply voltage gets low and it starts applying a lot of boost.
Thanks for any advice. Mainly just wondering if I should be expecting the laser to die sooner rather than later. I hope not because I don't want to fuss with shipping this back to China for a replacement.
