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Paul, So they do NOT follow the diagram at the beginning of this thread?

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Thanks, didn't see it specified "both diodes"

Real quick can someone confirm the pinout of the 505nm diode before I pop this?

Get yourself some nice ass safety glasses, youll be glad you did. It protects the hell out of your eyes and makes burning 1000x more fun. Heres what I have, will protect you from violet, blue, green, and infrared! A bit pricey, but theyre extremely worth it, and as other members say, you...

Yeah its a sodium one, it looks that orange in person. The reason its so even across the image is just because the camera tends to average the light across all shots as if its an HDR image or something. In real life, the street light isnt that bright all the way across.

No beam expander here! Laser was just placed right next to/behind the camera so it shot right past the lense. The very orange color is from a street light. Was 15s exposure from a micro 4/3rds camera. Another picture from the same night with the laser off about 8ft in front of the camera...

I did, check the previous page! :D It was a full cell but it was likely pulled from the trash or something. Now that its a bit darker, im going to recreate the hallway shot with the new batteries EDIT New beamshot with new batteries, this is definitely brighter by a long shot, it made my...

Well, I was at >30 minutes of burn time and i got bored. I never ran the battery dead. Back on the charger it went. You guys were right, better 16340s were the best option.

Me too! I have Efest ones on the way as well, but these for sure are MILES ahead of the previous, ive gotten like 15 minutes of burn time so far and its not done yet! Keeping the duty cycles in mind, the host is getting pretty warm XD LICBs 700mah 16340s get an A+ from me

Batteries stopped at ~300mah, not bad for a first charge. They both showed as 4.1v on the charger before i charged them. Laser is DEFINITELY stronger and is DEFINITELY in a different mode, dot looks much nicer, not as centered as id want it in the hole, but oh well. Now burns electrical tape...

Those images are the old batteries. I have to licb 16340s on the charger now, so far they're at 200mah and climbing!

Yeah I actually have high expectations for my laser to get MORE powerful with these better batteries (some came in today i just havent gotten home yet!) It always somewhat looked like my laser was operating in a different mode, maybe something towards mode 01? Im hoping for improved beam...

I would have said laserbtb but they're no more :( Also I think the optics on my laser might be a bit goofy, the beam is fairly cone shaped, so id give jetlasers a shot, or make your own with a 520nm. More watts per watt and it's a cool color.

Ill give it a shot. I had some 18650 ultrafires i opened that had the same style cell, but the casing was only half full and the center was hollow XD

Double post, but. I ordered 3 things. A nice XTAR vc4, which was VERY highly rated. A pair of LICB 650mah 16340s (merely as a test, they had decent ratings and some people said they tested at and slightly overspec) A pair of efest 700mah 16340s The charger can give mah estimates...

Opened the cells, what. This looks like a full cell from when I opened a Panasonic. Edit again. Since the cells ""appear"" to be somewhat nice inside (copper plates and shit), im going to run under the assumption theyre trash cells meant for recylcing, but instead, they got "recycled"...

I use only the best safety equipment when working on chinese electronics OSHA approved

I tether to my phone a lot because i dont want to pay ~150/m for "business" internet at my shop, and we have DSL at home because nothing else is offered. At home (in a weaker service zone) I pull 10-20mb/s (1-3MB/s) down and 3-5mb/s up. At my shop it typically runs anywhere from 50-100mb/s...