I bought this laser and soldered it together (the diode pressed into the heatsink to the driver)...i bought the diode from dtr store and installed it with the backplate that the 12mm diode comes in..Later I noticed that all the pre soldered diode/driver kits he sells (which i cant buy in the US) dont have the screw in back part to the diode heatsink. The laser stays on for about a minute on the first power button push. After like 50 seconds it turns off...Then I can turn it back on basically immediately, but it only stays on for like 10 seconds. The heatsink from the outside of the host isnt THAT hot, but maybe its overheating? I applied thermal compound and everything should be good...The duty cycle on survival lasers says 2 minutes on to 1 minute off....I cant even get over a full minute. Did i do something wrong? why cant i achieve that 2 minutes? Do these drivers have an auto shut off function if they get too hot? Could it possibly be the batteries?
Please help lol!
Thanks in advance
Please help lol!
Thanks in advance