I think I fried my milos blu-ray

[usakicksass]

Best laser I've ever had. Every night I would put on a light show for my wife and I, call it foreplay. Well last night I apparently forgot to turn it off and it was on under the blanket with me. When I woke up it was HOT. Never felt it that hot. I turned it off and when I turned it on at work I thought the battery was dying. So I went to maintenance and got a new 9v. No luck the laser is putting out about 1/3 the original wattage and makes a funny cigar shape in the middle of the beam when I make it a 1" circle. :'(

 

[heruursciences]

Yup that's thermal diffusion damage... You need a new diode.

 

[666DAN]

I hope it was one awesome night you had though! Must have been to not notice ol' bluray lighting the covers up

 

[muledeer]

Best laser I've ever had. Every night I would put on a light show for my wife and I, call it foreplay. Well last night I apparently forgot to turn it off and it was on under the blanket with me. When I woke up it was HOT. Never felt it that hot. I turned it off and when I turned it on at work I thought the battery was dying. So I went to maintenance and got a new 9v. No luck the laser is putting out about 1/3 the original wattage and makes a funny cigar shape in the middle of the beam when I make it a 1" circle.  :'(

LOL, Now I've heard everything -- Laser foreplay

Now, I'll be spending an hour cleaning the coffee from my laptop after laughing/spitting coffee from reading that post

Mule

 

[freshert]

Are you saying the battery lasted the whole night!?!?!

 

[usakicksass]

The battery not only lasted the whole night, the battery had been in there for about a week before that! Milos made a good battery electonics package I guess. I know thats a long time, huh.

 

[styropyro]

Yeah, that looks dead to me That is odd that it fried like that, I have accidentally left a 16x diode in only an Aixiz module on for hours and it still lived, it was running at 200mA by the way.

 

[Glaserfan]

Doesn't surprise me one bit.. Those particular builds use PS3 diodes, which are notorious for being terribly sensitive.

Just in case, I do NOT mean that in any way as a slam to Milos. He used what diode was available at the time, and made one heck of a nice build.

*EDIT*- Actually my desire for a PS3 has dropped because of that diode.. I may just wait and get an XBOX360 and the Blu-Ray add-on drive when it comes out ;D

 

[360freak]

My red DX 200mW looks a little like that unfocused...is that bad?

 

[Milos]

Wow, I must say the laser was not intended for such "action" purposes under the sheets ) Must have been some serious "heat" going on )

Anyhow, I have serious lack of time for lasers and forums lately as some of you might have noticed, but I will offer my best service to you that I can. PM sent.

 

[Skram0]

Doesn't surprise me one bit.. Those particular builds use PS3 diodes, which are notorious for being terribly sensitive.

Just in case, I do NOT mean that in any way as a slam to Milos. He used what diode was available at the time, and made one heck of a nice build.

*EDIT*- Actually my desire for a PS3 has dropped because of that diode.. I may just wait and get an XBOX360 and the Blu-Ray add-on drive when it comes out ;D

My thoughts exactly. Which is why I never drove my PS3s at that level. I knew it just took a long period of use to kill it. At my levels I've tested for 7 hours straight use with no probs. Oh well. Bigger, brighter, and more money to think about. Buy my laser! (it won't die like milos)

 

[diachi]

My red DX 200mW looks a little like that unfocused...is that bad?

I dont think so, I think its something to do with those diodes, apparently that type of diode always has a line through the dot, focused and unfocused .

Diachi