So a club friend gave me their old SHINP DL-33 dual green laser. Since one of the green's went out, they gave it to me for free.
I'm new to this new obsession so I'm trying to figure out options. The left green diode isn't as bright. When I jiggle the power plug to the circuit board, it gets a little bright, but not much more. Voltmeter says power is going there so it must be a bad green diode.
What replacements should I be looking for? The rest of the unit works fine and the other green laser is bright as heck. Any links to what I should replace this diode would be greatly appreciated. I looked at the links above, Amazon and Ebay and there are just too many options with TTL driver module, I can't tell which to get. I'm assuming I can just pull it out of the heatsink that its screwed into and replace the center portion. Or get a whole new module in another color and align and screw it down.
That's the first unit.
I made the impulse buy of another SHINP DL-55c knock-off with FOUR color lasers for $125. Of course, those idiots didn't double box the laser and it came with the green laser mount broken. Once again, I have a non-working laser!! They refuse to take back the return (claiming shipping back to China is too expensive and the NEW Jersey address is just a warehouse) but are offering me $50 off and to try to repair it. Its in Ebay dispute right now, but then I found this forum and must consider other options.
The laser and heatsink was mounted sideways on a plastic mount. The plastic mount broke, so I'll have to replace the mount. While fiddling with it, the wires came off the rear of the laser so now I have to re-solder. What options do I have now? They used a 60mw Green.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/RGBP-460mW...e=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649
Any help, or referral to a DC Metro area repairperson would be greatly appreciated. After reading this forum, it doesn't look difficult to replace the diode and re-align, I just don't have the knowledge to know which diode to get.
Thanks!
Dizzy
I'm new to this new obsession so I'm trying to figure out options. The left green diode isn't as bright. When I jiggle the power plug to the circuit board, it gets a little bright, but not much more. Voltmeter says power is going there so it must be a bad green diode.
What replacements should I be looking for? The rest of the unit works fine and the other green laser is bright as heck. Any links to what I should replace this diode would be greatly appreciated. I looked at the links above, Amazon and Ebay and there are just too many options with TTL driver module, I can't tell which to get. I'm assuming I can just pull it out of the heatsink that its screwed into and replace the center portion. Or get a whole new module in another color and align and screw it down.
That's the first unit.
I made the impulse buy of another SHINP DL-55c knock-off with FOUR color lasers for $125. Of course, those idiots didn't double box the laser and it came with the green laser mount broken. Once again, I have a non-working laser!! They refuse to take back the return (claiming shipping back to China is too expensive and the NEW Jersey address is just a warehouse) but are offering me $50 off and to try to repair it. Its in Ebay dispute right now, but then I found this forum and must consider other options.
The laser and heatsink was mounted sideways on a plastic mount. The plastic mount broke, so I'll have to replace the mount. While fiddling with it, the wires came off the rear of the laser so now I have to re-solder. What options do I have now? They used a 60mw Green.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/RGBP-460mW...e=STRK:MEBIDX:IT&_trksid=p2060353.m1438.l2649
Any help, or referral to a DC Metro area repairperson would be greatly appreciated. After reading this forum, it doesn't look difficult to replace the diode and re-align, I just don't have the knowledge to know which diode to get.
Thanks!
Dizzy
