Been super busy since last time I posted and finally got around to modding a 405nm "laser 301" host to carry what seems to be a 532nm laser from a "lazy man's Christmas lights" laser projector. The 405nm that was in the 301 host somehow lost a lot of its power (could possibly be because I put the battery in backwards... won't be that stupid again). Anyways I found out after following a very helpful thread on disassembling the 301 host that the diode and attached PCB I had was almost the exact same size but as the green one but I kept the small PCB on the green laser and just soldered the button on since it had the solder pads for it and also soldered on a spring for the battery since there Lana spot for that too. It's like our friends overseas knew what would happen with their "Christmas lights." Willing to supply pictures if anyone is interested.
So onwards to the question part, will using a completely different power source decrease the lifespan of the green laser? I did use a multimeter and the voltage from the "Christmas light" setup was just short of 15 volts and the 18650s I have in there now only put out 4.2 volts (I think) but the laser still seems to be the same brightness, thoughts?
Safety second I guess, I can tell this laser is bright but I can't seem to find a recent thread that doesn't 404 all the links to safety glasses/goggles I hate to be that one noob that just obviously misses the thread but I have looked.
Lastly this laser with the modded diode does not fit the original focusing lense and has a really crap lens that has pretty decent focal point however far away it lands but has an abhorrent amount of scatter around the outside. If anyone knows of how to remedy this or knows any of the other answers you'd make a super noob very happy.
So onwards to the question part, will using a completely different power source decrease the lifespan of the green laser? I did use a multimeter and the voltage from the "Christmas light" setup was just short of 15 volts and the 18650s I have in there now only put out 4.2 volts (I think) but the laser still seems to be the same brightness, thoughts?
Safety second I guess, I can tell this laser is bright but I can't seem to find a recent thread that doesn't 404 all the links to safety glasses/goggles I hate to be that one noob that just obviously misses the thread but I have looked.
Lastly this laser with the modded diode does not fit the original focusing lense and has a really crap lens that has pretty decent focal point however far away it lands but has an abhorrent amount of scatter around the outside. If anyone knows of how to remedy this or knows any of the other answers you'd make a super noob very happy.