Rasel said:
[quote author=Aseras link=1190165043/45#47 date=1190235534]If you are gonna fork over the cash for a high power laser why run it lower?
Eh... I'll pop it in my homemade spirograph.
On the lowest power, how long do you think I could run it?
Jack, thank you for answering all of my questions even more than enough instead of picking a few out of the bunch and answering them how you like
. For some reason, I had the idea that you were bad... this is probably because I associated Jack and Optotronics with banned (since the LC incedent) and figured you were to be avoided. ;D
IDEA! Put some sort of indicator that tells you that you have around 15 seconds to turn off the laser before it overheats itself.[/quote]
Hi resal,
Your welcome.
the current level have a kind of "detent", so you can feel where each level is as turning the switch.
No worries about overheating the diode unless you were to use it in a very hot place for an extended time. This is because the 2.5 Watt IR diode is rated for a sustained operating current of 2.5 Amps and even at current level 9 (which is way over saturating the diode) the max allowed current is 2.0 Amps, so the RPL never operates beyond 80% of it's rated ability.
Don't try to get banned at LC, unless you really want to and want to tell them and their policies off; nobody around here will think any less of you.
Jack
