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Previously titled "Battery incorrectly labeled - damage to diode/driver?"
Changed to turn this thread into my general laser experience with rhd's SAiK #3 or as I have now dubbed, "The Saiklops"
I recently joined up and immediately searched for a great first high-powered laser. I'm the type who doesn't usually begin with entry-level if I can afford getting the beasts anyway. rhd was a great person to talk to, and so were a couple of others whom I also considered getting my first laser from (you guys know who you are :beer
. Arriving together with some other necessities from my freight forwarder (26650 battery and charger, 2 Uvex glasses, Eagle Pair), SAiK #3 arrived well-packed and tightly bubble-wrapped.
Before even getting home I parked my car and donned the Eagle Pair while promptly inserting the battery which I later found out to be incorrectly labeled--it was in reverse! I have both ben and rhd to thank for incorporating a reverse polarity protection circuit into the drivers, otherwise I would have just fried my first laser diode only minutes after receiving it. :thanks:
After getting the Saiklops to work, I adjusted the wide focus knob and proceeded to leave my very first laser mark on the delivery box.
About two weeks of laser life I stumbled upon one of Seoul_laser's threads on the G1/G2 lenses and since I live in a tropical country, I tried checking if my lens was affected. You can read my reply in that thread here. It had tons of spots and streaks; needless to say I was concerned. I used compressed air and silica gel packs which did little to help. Only then did I notice that the laser "dot" had quite a discernible "splash". Anyway, a week later I found a cheap ultrasonic cleaner and put the G1 through it twice. It is now considerably cleaner and the dot splash has lessened. I also noticed that it burns a lot better.
Here are some updated photos:
Detail of the diode inside the heatsink
DTR 405-G1
With the wide focus knob adapter
Eagle Pair plus Saiklops
I tried doing a close range test shot using split-second bursts... not a good idea
Beam shots
1/20 at ISO200
1/400 at ISO500
Here's my idea of a nice place to keep the Saiklops
Thanks for viewing folks :beer:
Original first post:
I didn't want to mess up rhd's FS thread so I started a new one about this issue.
In a nutshell: got a 2.2 445 from rhd, eagle pair from gary, a battery from 4sevens, its labeling was incorrect, i placed the battery in backwards, turned it on a few times, tried charging it a few times, then thought "what if this sticker is on wrong?" Trying it in the reverse position, the thing finally worked.
I complained to 4Sevens, and they told me they checked their stocks and that my issue was an isolated case, wth. They did apologize, but that isn't my problem right now. For the record, the 4Sevens battery is a 26650.
Is there some way to check if both drivers (dual Ben) and the diode is fine? The G1 seems fine with the thin line "dot". If one of the drivers is busted, will it still work albeit at ~850mA?
To answer rhd's last question:
Sure does. But is it still 2.2W? I made split second bursts on the Eagle Pair glasses at a 6" distance, and it immediately left singe marks on each one.
1/40 f/2.2 ISO3200
1/20 f/2.8 ISO2500
The 26650:
Changed to turn this thread into my general laser experience with rhd's SAiK #3 or as I have now dubbed, "The Saiklops"
I recently joined up and immediately searched for a great first high-powered laser. I'm the type who doesn't usually begin with entry-level if I can afford getting the beasts anyway. rhd was a great person to talk to, and so were a couple of others whom I also considered getting my first laser from (you guys know who you are :beer
. Arriving together with some other necessities from my freight forwarder (26650 battery and charger, 2 Uvex glasses, Eagle Pair), SAiK #3 arrived well-packed and tightly bubble-wrapped.Before even getting home I parked my car and donned the Eagle Pair while promptly inserting the battery which I later found out to be incorrectly labeled--it was in reverse! I have both ben and rhd to thank for incorporating a reverse polarity protection circuit into the drivers, otherwise I would have just fried my first laser diode only minutes after receiving it. :thanks:
After getting the Saiklops to work, I adjusted the wide focus knob and proceeded to leave my very first laser mark on the delivery box.
About two weeks of laser life I stumbled upon one of Seoul_laser's threads on the G1/G2 lenses and since I live in a tropical country, I tried checking if my lens was affected. You can read my reply in that thread here. It had tons of spots and streaks; needless to say I was concerned. I used compressed air and silica gel packs which did little to help. Only then did I notice that the laser "dot" had quite a discernible "splash". Anyway, a week later I found a cheap ultrasonic cleaner and put the G1 through it twice. It is now considerably cleaner and the dot splash has lessened. I also noticed that it burns a lot better.
Here are some updated photos:
Detail of the diode inside the heatsink
DTR 405-G1
With the wide focus knob adapter
Eagle Pair plus Saiklops
I tried doing a close range test shot using split-second bursts... not a good idea
Beam shots
1/20 at ISO200
1/400 at ISO500
Here's my idea of a nice place to keep the Saiklops
Thanks for viewing folks :beer:
Original first post:
I didn't want to mess up rhd's FS thread so I started a new one about this issue.
In a nutshell: got a 2.2 445 from rhd, eagle pair from gary, a battery from 4sevens, its labeling was incorrect, i placed the battery in backwards, turned it on a few times, tried charging it a few times, then thought "what if this sticker is on wrong?" Trying it in the reverse position, the thing finally worked.
I complained to 4Sevens, and they told me they checked their stocks and that my issue was an isolated case, wth. They did apologize, but that isn't my problem right now. For the record, the 4Sevens battery is a 26650.
Is there some way to check if both drivers (dual Ben) and the diode is fine? The G1 seems fine with the thin line "dot". If one of the drivers is busted, will it still work albeit at ~850mA?
To answer rhd's last question:
It should be relative easy to tell - does it work ?
Sure does. But is it still 2.2W? I made split second bursts on the Eagle Pair glasses at a 6" distance, and it immediately left singe marks on each one.
1/40 f/2.2 ISO3200
1/20 f/2.8 ISO2500
The 26650:
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