Help w/ phr803t flexdrive

[electricmonk9@aol.com]

I just put together my first blu ray laser and am having some problems. I used a phr-803t set at 120ma with a flexdrive. Whenever I turn on my laser, it lases for a fraction of a second before cutting out and if use it again right afterwards nothing happens, but if I wait it will lase for another split second. Is my diode fried or did I do something else? The assembly was so violent that I'm kind of surprised it does anything at all.

 

[daguin]

Change or recharge your battery

Peace,
dave

 

[lasersbee]

I just put together my first blu ray  laser and am having some problems.  I used a phr-803t set at 120ma with a flexdrive.  Whenever I turn on my laser, it lases for a fraction of a second before cutting out and if use it again right afterwards nothing happens, but if I wait it will lase for another split second.  Is my diode fried or did I do something else?  [highlight]The assembly was so violent[/highlight] that I'm kind of surprised it does anything at all.

What does this mean... :-? :-? :-? :-?

Jerry

 

[Spyderz20x6]

I just put together my first blu ray  laser and am having some problems.  I used a phr-803t set at 120ma with a flexdrive.  Whenever I turn on my laser, it lases for a fraction of a second before cutting out and if use it again right afterwards nothing happens, but if I wait it will lase for another split second.  Is my diode fried or did I do something else?  The assembly was so violent that I'm kind of surprised it does anything at all.

Check your batteries, as they may be dead.
Or, check your solder connections.

 

[daguin]

[quote author=electricmonk9 link=1236468380/0#0 date=1236468380]I just put together my first blu ray  laser and am having some problems.  I used a phr-803t set at 120ma with a flexdrive.  Whenever I turn on my laser, it lases for a fraction of a second before cutting out and if use it again right afterwards nothing happens, but if I wait it will lase for another split second.  Is my diode fried or did I do something else?  [highlight]The assembly was so violent[/highlight] that I'm kind of surprised it does anything at all.

What does this mean... :-? :-? :-? :-?

Jerry[/quote]


Sometimes you just must beat them into submission.

It's ugly, but it must be done

Peace,
dave

 

[lasersbee]

[quote author=lasersbee link=1236468380/0#2 date=1236468616][quote author=electricmonk9 link=1236468380/0#0 date=1236468380]I just put together my first blu ray  laser and am having some problems.  I used a phr-803t set at 120ma with a flexdrive.  Whenever I turn on my laser, it lases for a fraction of a second before cutting out and if use it again right afterwards nothing happens, but if I wait it will lase for another split second.  Is my diode fried or did I do something else?  [highlight]The assembly was so violent[/highlight] that I'm kind of surprised it does anything at all.

What does this mean... :-? :-? :-? :-?

Jerry[/quote]


Sometimes you just must beat them into submission.

It's ugly, but it must be done

Peace,
dave[/quote]

LOL... ;D ;D ;D

Jerry

 

[electricmonk9@aol.com]

I would say haphazard but I think violent really describes it better. I dropped the bare diode on my dusty floor TWICE, I broke a little thing off the flexdrive and had to reattach it, i used a really old soldering iron with a huge eaten-up tip, and I broke the negative wire off the flexdrive while trying to strip it. Maybe I should take up another hobby...
Anyway, I just tried it with some new batteries and it actually works!!! Thanks everyone for the info. I was using what I thought were "pretty new" batteries already, and without your help I probably would have just chalked it up as another loss and moved on to some other project. Now, however, I'm thinking about making a green pointer, or making a pocket-sized version like I wanted to instead of the project box I ended up with.

 

[Spyderz20x6]

Get some proper frakkin' equipment!!!!
BTW, don't use alkalines.

 

[electricmonk9@aol.com]

Why exactly shouldn't I use alkalines? Is it just the lower voltage or the basic inferiority or will it actually hurt my diode/driver? Also, can anyone recommend a place to get some good rechargeable AAAs/ a charger?

 

[XCreedX]

Lol, i had the same issue, batteries fixed it

 

[Spyderz20x6]

Why exactly shouldn't I use alkalines?  Is it just the lower voltage or the basic inferiority or will it actually hurt my diode/driver?  Also, can anyone recommend a place to get some good rechargeable AAAs/ a charger?

Alkalines have a very big voltage sag.
Once you put them in, they sag to 1/3 of the voltage they are at without a load.

Very low performance.