daguin said:As long as you are still getting bright light out of it, the diode is working.
Are you sure about the current? Have you had the output measured with an LPM?
Are you holding the laser in your hand or is it being held by something else? The human hand "shakes" when holding something steady. This movement can "wiggle" the light around enough to prevent keeping the spot in one place long enough to burn.
Are the objects you are trying to burn dark? Red will mostly only burn dark colored objects.
Most important -- are you really getting it focused? Do you have laser goggles? Without goggles, at these outputs, it is impossible (and very dangerous) to see the actual spot of light. The bright "blaze'" of the light will cause you to "think" it is focused when it is not.
AjentX said:there is however a ton of light coming out of it when i take the lens of the aixiz off.. and you can still see it across the room if you focus it..
i only left the little thing on it because i already destroyed one OC last night trying to take it off and this was my last one :/Ace82 said:7.2V is ideal. It looks like your diode isn't pushed in the module completely, because that could prevent you from being able to focus it (the distance from the diode to the lens). It looks like you still have the little "circuit board" attached *Don't press in the diode with this attached because it will force the pins inward and destroy the diode. Plus, the diode needs to be perfectly straight, and not crooked in the module (the "hot spot" needs to be directly in the center)
in the photos and for now im only running at ~130mA and the hot spot is A LOT smaller than it looks in the photosAre you sure you're giving it the right current? I don't think a diode will last very long at 430mA.
yeah its as fully charged as they come .. and i did measure with a dummy load before starting and it was running at 130mV and at 430mV (thats measured through a rckstr DL) so it should be just about right on..Edit: you're using a 9V right? Is it fully charged? I don't like 9V's. May be providing the correct volts but not current
i dont know what you mean by this.. -[ sorry new..)rog8811 said:Dave mentioned this but as you have not said anything, have you opened out the back of the lens nut?
i thought with a rckstr you could use like 6-12V or something like that so i just grabbed a 9V because it was convenient and its easier to hold it on the leads than say a AA or something of that nature..On the voltage thing if I remember correctly
Red LD 3v + overhead to operate regulator 2v + max over-voltage for Rkcstr drive 2v
Total 7volts, you would get away with 7.2v
Regards rog8811