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Problems with laser...
Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 11:05 am
by wangpushups
The fresh batteries drain within like 2-3 days and i'm not even using it. I was thinking that maybe the reason could be because its wired to a momentary push button but i dont know. I got the plans on burntlatke.
http://www.burntlatke.com/laser.html Any suggestions?
Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 11:09 am
by Ragnarok
You've obviously got a current drain somewhere. And until we get pictures of the problem, it's hard to know where.
Posted: Fri Nov 30, 2007 12:13 pm
by jimmy101
It sounds to me like you have a small (moderate resistance) short somewhere in your wiring.
Do you have a volt-ohm meter with an amp scale?
Wire the meter (set to read amps) in series between the batteries and laser. When the laser is off there should be no current flowing. With the laser on you should be getting perhaps tens to hundreds of milliamps flowing through the meter.