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O-Like... Well Im confused and pissed and really confused help me!!

piferal said:
A question of curiosity.

If you are not concerned about the IR from the green lasers, why you recommend a pair of goggles with worth $10 more, and have a worse VLT, only 20%?

In this case these others protect from 190nm to 540nm, have a very good VLT and are cheaper.
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Is it safe to view my laser if I am just looking at the beam like outside and at a distance? Are laser goggles only for close up like if you are burning stuff and accidental reflections?
 





Encap said:
It might be poor contact in the switch end cap----if youbhave a needle nosed plier ---spreadthe jaws to be able to put the points into the holes of the threaded Aluminum pieces that hold the switch inside the end cap--unscrew it and check that contact is clean and clean threads with deOxit if you have any if not just screw the insert back in tight enough to hold it firmly and then test with battery again.

I have had it happen before that this sorts an end cap problem.
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Can you explain that in a little dumber terms? sorry.. When the laser does work sporadically the diode seems fine. Would the kind of problems I am experiencing be due to a faulty and semi-fried diode? Or would these type of problems be more like a faulty contact in the end cap?
 
piferal said:
Well, maybe is my poor understanding of the English, but not quite understand your answer, sorry.

The 2 pair of goggles in question have the same OD, but the goggles that you advise here, have a worse VLT, only 20%.

If you advise these because protec from the 808nm, well, unless the OP wants to buy a laser with a beam not visible,
or nearly so, then buy a more expensive goggles with and VLT worse and with the same OD, I do not see the advantage.

Might be wrong, but I get the impression that you confused VLT with OD.

Work in places with not much light with a goggles with the same OD but with only an VLT of 20%, is not very comfortable.

Anyway, each person can have his own opinion.
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Lol, no I'm not confusing OD and VLT.

Green DPSS lasers can produce both 808nm and 1064nm IR. The goggles you linked to offer no 808nm protection. The ones for $10 more do.

Also the difference between 20% vlt, and 30% is negligible... both will be quite dim.
 
InfinitusEquitas said:
Lol, no I'm not confusing OD and VLT.

Green DPSS lasers can produce both 808nm and 1064nm IR. The goggles you linked to offer no 808nm protection. The ones for $10 more do.

Also the difference between 20% vlt, and 30% is negligible... both will be quite dim.
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Are y'all trying to find a pair of goggles that block all forms and wavelengths of lasers?
 
InfinitusEquitas said:
Lol, no of course not.

Besides, they already exist: Link :p
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Do you believe the problem could be in the end cap? I know nothing of the inside of a laser end cap. When the laser works sporadically it seems fine and not damaged and after awhile it will just stop. Seems like it has a slight decrease power then it shuts off.
 
It could be the tailcap, sure. It could also be the battery.

Those are the easiest problems to rule out. So see if you can get the laser to work with a different battery, but first just bypass the tailcap with a piece of wire, as piferal's picture shows.

If it works, it's the tailcap, and o-like can send you another one, or you can maybe fix it.

If it doesn't, you also need to eliminate the battery as the problem.

If you eliminate both of those as possibilities, then it's the module itself that's the problem, and really nothing you can do about it.
 
InfinitusEquitas said:
It could be the tailcap, sure. It could also be the battery.

Those are the easiest problems to rule out. So see if you can get the laser to work with a different battery, but first just bypass the tailcap with a piece of wire, as piferal's picture shows.

If it works, it's the tailcap, and o-like can send you another one, or you can maybe fix it.

If it doesn't, you also need to eliminate the battery as the problem.

If you eliminate both of those as possibilities, then it's the module itself that's the problem, and really nothing you can do about it.
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Good news I found out the diode is fine the tail cap was acting a bit faulty this was the problem. I bypassed the tail cap and it worked fine and then screwed the cap back on to test it again knowing I wasn't doing any further damage and it started to work fine again. Are the lasers from 0-like known to be overpowered or underpowered because mine seems really bright.
 
O-like has started shipping all their lasers is packages that offer VERY little to no protection at all. I wont be surprised when more and more of these threads start popping up.
 
TacoHerder said:
O-like has started shipping all their lasers is packages that offer VERY little to no protection at all. I wont be surprised when more and more of these threads start popping up.
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Can you tell me what kind of lubricant is used on laser pointer threads? I will need to re-lube it later. Do laser pointers just use regular o-rings to?
 
InfinitusEquitas said:
Lol, no of course not.

Besides, they already exist: Link :p
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These will also do the trick.:p

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But for real I need some safety goggles because I started researching what these things can do to your eyes and it is scary so I want some safety goggles that offer good protection maybe $40 max.. I will be super careful (as if I had no safety glasses) but what are some good goggles? Are the cheap ones any good so I can buy multiple for friends and /or family members?
 
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DTR - My version is more stylish:p

Also I'm glad to hear it's just the tailcap. Most likely as was suggested before, you just need to take it apart, clean it, put it together, and you're set.

Although if the laser is working already... you don't even need to do that:D

Glad it worked out for you.

Btw, Cliff is a very nice guy... you won't regret ordering from him. If you decide to move up in power though, you will need better goggles.
 
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