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You knew that somebody had to do it.
I built a 445nm pointer. It has a Micro Boost driver. It uses two @ AAA batteries. I have this one set at 350mA. It is putting out 110mW with the stock AixiZ acrylic lens. It will smoke the front of my desk.
It is pretty cool. However, it eats AAA batteries like an afternoon snack.
It begins to feel warm (not hot) after ~45 seconds
UPDATE 6/16/10
I was getting frustrated with how quickly the laser was eating through alkaline batteries. I decided to put a 10440 with a spacer in the barrel.
It became very obvious right away that something was different.
Apparently, the alkalines never did give the driver the current it needed. When I replaced the AAA batteries with the single 10440, the output shot up to 170mW! With the 405-G-1 lens it is just over 200mW.
My satisfaction shot up right along with it
NEW UPDATE 6/25/10
I got some lithium "E2's" today. They were not able to keep up with the current draw either. It looks like this one will still be powered by the 10440. Maybe at closer to 200mA :thinking:
Beam shot taken with NOTHING added to the air
Peace,
dave
I built a 445nm pointer. It has a Micro Boost driver. It uses two @ AAA batteries. I have this one set at 350mA. It is putting out 110mW with the stock AixiZ acrylic lens. It will smoke the front of my desk.
It is pretty cool. However, it eats AAA batteries like an afternoon snack.
It begins to feel warm (not hot) after ~45 seconds
UPDATE 6/16/10
I was getting frustrated with how quickly the laser was eating through alkaline batteries. I decided to put a 10440 with a spacer in the barrel.
It became very obvious right away that something was different.
Apparently, the alkalines never did give the driver the current it needed. When I replaced the AAA batteries with the single 10440, the output shot up to 170mW! With the 405-G-1 lens it is just over 200mW.
My satisfaction shot up right along with it
NEW UPDATE 6/25/10
I got some lithium "E2's" today. They were not able to keep up with the current draw either. It looks like this one will still be powered by the 10440. Maybe at closer to 200mA :thinking:
Beam shot taken with NOTHING added to the air
Peace,
dave
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