Post your mA and mW

• Jul 2, 2010

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Looks interesting, but maybe pricey? I googled for it and can't seem to find it; maybe I'll have better luck finding a different one. I do like the idea of a nice bench unit though.

Thanks

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I just found it on ebay along with many other models

 

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• Jul 2, 2010

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We bought it for the shop a few years ago from a company
that was upgrading... Started using it just recently..

Jerry

 

• Jul 2, 2010

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electron said:

...and with the AixiZ Acrylic I'm getting a little better output @ 615mW with a darn perfect dot.

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Can you post a pic? My dot is bar shaped, except when set to a point on near focus.

 

• Jul 2, 2010

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Well I just grabbed some pics for you from 8 feet away and while taking the pics I smelled something. Yup when I turned off the Laser and looked at the door, I burnt the door.

This dot looks much smaller in real life, I zoomed in on the closet door; both pictures are with the flash off, one has the room lights on and the other with the room lights off.

 

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• Jul 2, 2010

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electron said:

with the AixiZ Acrylic I'm getting a little better output @ 615mW with a darn perfect dot.

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I think "a darn perfect bar" would be a better description.

Look at your photos, notice the beam shape in the air? It's a giant bar.

 

• Jul 2, 2010

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Well with the other lens it really looked like a bar to me much more so than this does.

 

• Jul 2, 2010

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Could you take a pic through safety goggles... :thinking:
It would be easier to see the bream profile...

Jerry

 

• Jul 2, 2010

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electron said:

This dot looks much smaller in real life

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Exerd said:

I think "a darn perfect bar" would be a better description.

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lasersbee said:

Could you take a pic through safety goggles...

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It's a bar. A while back I showed that the "splash" caused by a 405-G-1 lens is nothing more than the magnification of what was already there*. Although I don't want to play with "acrylic" and thus I'm waiting on Jay & Aixiz' new 445nm glass, I am willing to bet it will be the same story... .











*A reminder what 405nm splash looks like. On the left, after Aixiz acrylic, on the right, 405-G-1 lens. Same splash, only mag-ni-fied...

 

• Jul 3, 2010

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A140 diode
1.5 amps at diode
4.35 volts
1.6 watts at 5 seconds
1.485 watts at 445nm at 30 seconds
2.25amps at 18650 battery
4171 host
405-G-1 lens
Microflexdrive

 

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• Jul 4, 2010

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I finally found time to throw one together.
Flex V5@ 5.7V-fan cooled
Large fan cooled, finned heat-sink
950mA
896mW using stock lens (melted in under 1 minute)
Awesome light while it lasted although.
Brighter then my (true) 200mW 532nm.
Terrible beam splash, profile and artifacts.
Waiting on the 445 lens before doing any other testing.

 

• Jul 4, 2010

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nospin said:

A140 diode
1.5 amps at diode
1.485 watts at 445nm
2.25amps at 18650 battery
4171 host
405-G-1 lens
Microflexdrive

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That sounds really SWEET

 

• Jul 4, 2010

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Are the lenses in the Casio projecter arcrylic?

 

• Jul 4, 2010

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I have a question about voltage......before I hook up the 445nm
I've set my FlexMod-N2 to 1.1A. The voltage is 10v. I'm using a normal 3-12v 1000mA wall adapter. I have the "selector" on 7.5v although when I connect a meter to the FlexMod output it reads 10v. If I put the "selector" on 6v then I can only get about 800mA...and voltage reads 8v on the Flexmod.

Is it safe for me to keep it on the 7.5v setting?

 

• Jul 4, 2010

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the one I got is glass but has a very short FL

 

• Jul 4, 2010

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electron said:

That sounds really SWEET

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And fairly typical. All the numbers i've seen here and on PL show there was some definite binning going on between the a130 and a140's. a130 LD's consistantly come in ~1.3W@1.5A, while the a140 LD's have been at or close to 1.5W@1.5A.

 

• Jul 13, 2010

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I've done some quick tests with my a130 445nm laser.
1.037A -- 1.042W (boost drive set to max)
I'll measure some more mA vs mW once I get a better heatsink.
I also have an a140 I'll test once I get the heatsink.

Oh and I'm using the new 405 glass lenses from AixiZ which are coated for 445nm.

 

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