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I'd been having problems with my Lazer LZCS 638nm single-mode. This was a custom unit in that it isn't listed on the Lazerer website. There is a multimode 638nm LZCS but not a single-mode. But, if you want him to, Max will build you a custom unit.
Turns out the diode leads were coming loose from the driver board. Eventually the connection broke entirely and the laser was apparently dead. I re-soldered the connection so that it's stronger than it was before. Put the laser back together, loaded in a battery, and pressed the button.
It worked! No more flickering laser or finicky switch action. The laser works great now!
Thank you, LPF. I've been reading a lot here. Without this forum, its members, and the wealth of information here, I would never have been able to repair this unit. It would simply have been "broken" but because of you, LPF, it's a working laser.
Thank you all so much!
ETA: It looks like Lazerer units can be pot-modded - properly and truly pot-modded, mind you. There is definitely a potentiometer on the 638nm's driver board. I didn't turn it, because I don't want to blow my unit up, but for the enterprising among us, it might be something to look into.
Turns out the diode leads were coming loose from the driver board. Eventually the connection broke entirely and the laser was apparently dead. I re-soldered the connection so that it's stronger than it was before. Put the laser back together, loaded in a battery, and pressed the button.
It worked! No more flickering laser or finicky switch action. The laser works great now!
Thank you, LPF. I've been reading a lot here. Without this forum, its members, and the wealth of information here, I would never have been able to repair this unit. It would simply have been "broken" but because of you, LPF, it's a working laser.
Thank you all so much!
ETA: It looks like Lazerer units can be pot-modded - properly and truly pot-modded, mind you. There is definitely a potentiometer on the 638nm's driver board. I didn't turn it, because I don't want to blow my unit up, but for the enterprising among us, it might be something to look into.
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