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My first green laser ever was the Galileo from Laserglow... It had alignment problems and it would only work if it was rotated in the correct position, but I had it replaced and got a new one that worked perfectly and had a nicer flat black anodized casing, rather than the semi-glossy one I received first. After the warranty was up I pot-modded it and (since i have no power meter I estimated) it was probably somewhere in the 50mW range. I could cut electrical tape, pop balloons at seven to eight feet, it stung my skin after about 1.5 seconds and i could even sometimes light a match. there was almost no IR ( I checked with a digital camera) and i was very impressed with the power. Since I live in Southern California it gets really hot during the daytime.... One day when it was about 107 degrees Fahrenheit in my house (AC broke) I decided to put fresh, newly purchased batteries in my laser and burn ants that managed to get into my room. I did. then my laser started flickering after about 30 seconds. At that time it didnt occur to me that it was above the operating temp. so I didnt know what was wrong. after a few minutes i turned it back on and it was fine. But the same thing happened again but worse... my 90 sec duty cycle turned into 30 and it was only stable at about 15 mW. no fun. no burning, popping, or cutting... :'(... I was very sad. now it is stable at less than 5mW.
is the diode dying or is the mca cooked? im probably just going to turn it into a burning red... and if I do would i need to disable the APC? It uses cr123's... is that okay?
is the diode dying or is the mca cooked? im probably just going to turn it into a burning red... and if I do would i need to disable the APC? It uses cr123's... is that okay?