Custom Ray J Neal mini host 12X 405nm @ 750mW

[mark-in-dallas]

I just finished my latest build, which consisted of cannabalizing a hotlight with a 12X 405nm diode, MicroBoost driver and a G1 lense, which I got from Ray J Neal.

He sent a complimentary mini host with the rig that I liked a whole lot better, so I stripped the hotlight and rebuilt it into the mini host.

It runs off a single 14500 battery, and the thing has a great heatsink with a duty cycle of over 75 seconds on and off. Here's a pic of the laser and the LaserBee graph:


Next to a custom built 445nm Dilda

Oh yeah, and I guess I should include a beam shot too. This is with a flash and no smoke!

 

[rocket689]

Re: Custom Ray O Neal mini host @ 750mW

Looks good :gj:

Is the tailcap supposed to be crooked?

 

[mark-in-dallas]

Re: Custom Ray O Neal mini host @ 750mW

Looks good :gj:

Is the tailcap supposed to be crooked?

Thanks Rocket!

Nope, no clue why the tailcap did look so off in the picure, but I swapped it for another.

 

[ped]

Re: Custom Ray O Neal mini host @ 750mW

even with a G-1 lens, thats pushing that little diode.

 

[jcranmer]

Re: Custom Ray O Neal mini host @ 750mW

Wow! That is a low of power for a 405. :drool:

 

[lasersbee]

Re: Custom Ray O Neal mini host @ 750mW

Nice build and power....

I see charging the batteries is.. (like Martha Stewart says)...
a good thing....


Jerry

 

[ARG]

Re: Custom Ray O Neal mini host @ 750mW

even with a G-1 lens, thats pushing that little diode.

That's what I was thinking I wonder what the diode life will be like.

 

[Ray J Neal]

Re: Custom Ray O Neal mini host 12X 405nm @ 750mW

I built this unit over about a year ago, and it put out 778. I believe it was determined a while back that this diode (from a BDR-S06J) is 10x?

Either way, it's a nice bit of power.


Ray