well im not sure exactly what it is but i know with MY diode i can hook it up the wrong way round and its fine (just doesn't turn on). but maybe not all are ok being put in reverse.....
Re: Cheaper blue laser pointers!!!
wow guys i hope theres some good humor in that cos from what i saw it was just arguing about crap!! i mean it started off chief just saying that the RPL's are still cheaper than another product, which i think is true. he didn't go off about crappy conspiracy's...
well guys sorry i didn't respond earlier .... just graduated, party's most nights :). what i ended up doing was recording the sound on a little player thing like zarniwoop suggested and tore the recorder apart modified the switching and speaker, whacked it in a box and bobs your uncle it worked...
Well I'm sure many of you know the machine that goes ping from Monty python. I want to make a circuit and put it in a little box so when you push a button it goes "ping". pretty simple...
I'm wanting to do this because a teacher i had in high school (ive just graduated) promised an "A" to...
^^^ brutal, but that pretty much summed up everything i was gonna say. If they really want to be that way theres very little that can be done to get it back, tho most will to a parent.
ok i hate to say it but i do not believe anyone will ever damage their eyes in any major way with ir from a green laser. personal opinion its just so hard to see how it could be done.... id be more concerned that if there is no filter what else was cut back on (button quality anyone?). besides...
HAHA dude at first i though "u RUDE son of a BIT*H!!!" then i re read what larry said.
sorry bout OT... thanks for heads up Larry mate, pity I'm in aus ay.
broken bones suck man. i once broke one of the the middle bones in my foot, it took ages to heal cos i kept playing on it for a day in school championships, we won tho!. yeah but go easy on it so it heals proper!
personally i think IR is pretty much no problem whatsoever from a green laser unless ur sitting in a dark room with lasershades burning really close. Personal belief however. i mean IR generally diverges really rapidly and it just dont have the power to do much damage over any realistic...
congratulations you've probably been hit by 15mw of mildly annoying coherent light :P. Your fine mate with visable lasers any major damage will be noticeable (spots or blurry vision) and REALLY painful when it happened! but welcome to the forum mate :D
welcome mate nice to have another pyro... im pretty poor pyro tho, just thermite and gunpowder type stuff (not at same time :P), nothing really cool. anyway welcome to the forum, read lots and good luck with that laser!