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Misanthrop

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This is self inflicted but I was driving yesterday, braked hard and my Tactical shot off the seat onto the floor.

It was fine straight after, only last night did it go into a very low power mode, what must have been like 0.5mw?

I took the focus cap off, and looked at the diode whilst turning it on, I was very careful to only peek over the edge, I know its a line beam and I marked it when it was working so I didn't get the edge of it in my eyes if I ever needed to look at it. (Goggles wouldnt have shown anything the power was too low)

When I turn it on it strobes about 6 times at very low power then goes into a constant low power mode, which must be less than 0.2!!

Batteries charged of course.

Any ideas? It's probably busted.

(Apologies if I didnt explain the precautions I took very well, I WAS being extremely safe at the time though)
 
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Can you mentioning the wavelenght of the laser ? I hope it isn't the green laser because >1Watt IR laser shining in your eyes is very hazardous.
 
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Misanthrop said:
It was fine straight after, only last night did it go into a very low power mode, what must have been like 0.5mw?
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The fact that It was fine straight after the incident implies that it's a contact issue IMHO.

I don't know to tell you how to fix this since i have no experience with assembling and disassembling lasers in general and this laser in particular.

Lets wait for other members opinions.
 
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Blord said:
Can you mentioning the wavelenght of the laser ? I hope it isn't the green laser because >1Watt IR laser shining in your eyes is very hazardous.
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It's 445.

And no it wasn't 1 Watt into my eyes, I said it was less than 0.5mW.

Even if it did come on randomly I wouldn't be at the angle to get much if any.
 
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You dont know if it was 0.5mW because you dont have a lpm !
So you should wear your glasses !
 
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Yes but it's not DPSS like a green.

Where theres an IR diode behind it.

If theres any light coming out of it it's visible.

And trust me there wasnt much.

(Correct me if I'm wrong)
 
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it is probably a contact issue wipe of the threads on the tail-cap and do you have a DMM?
 
Misanthrop

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Unfortunately not, the only one I can think of at the moment is inaccessible.
 
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I have just taken it apart. something's blown.


Its not the resistor, it was a small chip, not really sure what it was, but it was black (from being fried) and bits were flaking off it.
 
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It's cool I'll just buy a new driver from O-like now I know its not the diode.


Edit: Thanks for your help though :)
 
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