Hello, new to the forums.
A long time I ago I purchased two incomplete laser kits which I believe are the older Kryton tubes. One was unbuilt & the other appeared to be a failed attempt at assembly.
One of the drivers is pretty much junk (not worth fixing) & the other was unassembled. Was bored today & assembled the other one. Here it is on bottom:
My question is on the output side the trace leading to the cap is marked positive. I believe this is marked wrong. I think the trace leading to the cap should be negative & the trace leading to R2 is positive. Can anyone confirm this?
Both heads have diodes installed. The one with the toasted driver all but one pin are broken off so I can't use it. The other all pins are intact but I searched & can't seem to figure out what this diode is. Here's a pic:
Using my DMM to test the diode, the pin with the white epoxy, it lights up blue. The first black pin lights up red. The other two black pins to right don't seem to do anything. I want to run blue. Just want to verify if I'm good before I cut the other pins off except for the case pin? Anyone know what diode this is & how much current I can run to it safely?
Not much of a build & I'm sure what I have is outdated but this my first laser build but definitely won't be the last. Any help is much appreciated.
A long time I ago I purchased two incomplete laser kits which I believe are the older Kryton tubes. One was unbuilt & the other appeared to be a failed attempt at assembly.
One of the drivers is pretty much junk (not worth fixing) & the other was unassembled. Was bored today & assembled the other one. Here it is on bottom:
My question is on the output side the trace leading to the cap is marked positive. I believe this is marked wrong. I think the trace leading to the cap should be negative & the trace leading to R2 is positive. Can anyone confirm this?
Both heads have diodes installed. The one with the toasted driver all but one pin are broken off so I can't use it. The other all pins are intact but I searched & can't seem to figure out what this diode is. Here's a pic:
Using my DMM to test the diode, the pin with the white epoxy, it lights up blue. The first black pin lights up red. The other two black pins to right don't seem to do anything. I want to run blue. Just want to verify if I'm good before I cut the other pins off except for the case pin? Anyone know what diode this is & how much current I can run to it safely?
Not much of a build & I'm sure what I have is outdated but this my first laser build but definitely won't be the last. Any help is much appreciated.
