Another update:
I fixed it! Almost. Figured out that I was trying to tear it apart at the wrong joint. Turns out the very front of it comes lookse to reveal the lens and diode. Pliers easily removed the lens. the silver piece was reverse threaded from the lens, so when I got that out I turned...
Update:
On a combination of 1x18350 and 1x16340 (basically the same but in case anyone is wondering) the power is much better. I remember it burning better on just an 18650 when I first got it 8 months ago so I would estimate it's up to 300-400mW. Other issues still persist and on 2 cells it...
It's not the battery. The contacts are plenty long and I did connect it up with a wire and got the same thing. I tried to open up the body but it just won't budge. And now it seems like it will only work when rolled onto a certain side when level. :thinking:
I made sure the battery was making full contact, and tried a variety of 18650s I had laying around but nothing changed. Also, it workes just fine when pointed downwards.
So I just got my Equality series 500mW 532nm back from Jetlasers for repair, but unfortunately it still has some issues.
First, it looks no brighter than my 186mW Spyder 3 and doesn't burn as well.
Second, the beam is never stable. It is usually in the mode with two parallel beams and is always...
Yeah I know DPSS will do that, just thought this was more than usual. My next high-power green laser is definitely going to be a 520nm so I don't have to deal with this.
Does it have a spring for one of the battery contacts? I'm getting one of these and I'm hoping I got the right batteries if it is fixed contacts (I got unprotected button-top Efest).
Long time since I was last on here, got caught up in knife collecting/designing.
Anyways, I recently sent my 500mW 532nm Jetlasers Equality series back to have a repair done because it was only outputting ~10-50mW on fresh batteries. Anyways, I haven't gotten it back yet but I asked Gray to...
For my first laser purchase in three years I decided to get a 500mw 532nm Equality series from Jetlasers. I had payment issues on my first order that ultimately led to me having to cancel it and make the same order again, which they were very helpful with. However, it has now been five days...