No burning power =(

[Kevlar]

cr123A's

Have you checked the voltage of your batteries?

Do you have a bench PSU you could try it on?

 

[judaspriest21]

okay i have checked my batteries and they put out 6v tested, my beam is not visible... so its hard to see the cone.

 

[chipdouglas]

he's still not answering how he knows it's 200ma? this could be purely a guess. if so, then i say his laser is working fine.

 

[judaspriest21]

I used a voltage meter with all different settings and one was mA and it read 200.

 

[Cyparagon]

And where did you put the probes, exactly?

 

[judaspriest21]

where the driver connects to the diode.

 

[Cyparagon]

After removing the diode?

 

[judaspriest21]

no I added a diode socket and had exposed areas to test to.

 

[mehra]

no dear you'll have to put multimeter in Amp range in series to circuit. if switch terminals r exposed, just turn off and put both probes on switch terminals, one each. laser will light and u'll get the reading.

 

[judaspriest21]

okay well i still get 6v with 200mA.

 

[Cyparagon]

You're doing something wrong. There's no way a red diode is drawing 6V. Draw a diagram for us.