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200mW green laser don't light matches






hwang21

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Hello enescik,

I wouldn't trust DHGate with their lasers, what I'm guessing is is that you got a 50-100mW laser, which is enough to pop balloons but not quite enough to light matches. Did you try coloring the tip of the match black, and focusing the laser onto the match as described in the link?
 
hwang21

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Hello enescik,

Then I would guess that your laser is underpowered. Be careful with lower quality lasers, as they tend to break easily and have plenty of IR coming out of the laser too. You could try simple modifications to the laser such as pot-modding to increase the power of the laser.
 
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Never potmod a laser. It will increase the power...for a very short amount of time. Then you have a paperweight. If you want a quality laser, then by from a good company.
On the Cheaper "good" end, you have Lazerer, O-like, and rayfoss
On the expensive end, you have jetlasers, laserglow, optitronics, Dragonlasers.'
Hope this helps!
 
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If the laser has a focusing ring on it then focus the light down to a fine point. This will increase its burning potential at the focal point.
If there is no focusing ring then find a lens that you can use.
Also make sure to have the laser and the target match stay immobile. If either moves then there's less chance for ignition. If fixing the laser and the target match combined with a tight focus doesn't work then you have an underpowered laser.
 
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hwang21

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A magnifying glass will work as a focusing lens^ given a cheap underpowered laser, it's probably going to die soon anyway, so might as well make the best of it
 
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