norm
12-08-2006, 09:50 PM
G'day All,
I went cheap and bought one of those 5mw green laser pointers on Ebay for $45. The 1st few goes things were working fine, but now the damn thing plays up and wondering if anyone has had similar issues or suggestions on a fix.
Its your standard pointer, with a rubber grip as opposed to the raw brush aluminum finish (looks similar to the saxon ones). What is happening is I press the on/off button nothing happens. When I peep (very carefully) I see a red 'glow' . I then unscrew, jiggle the batteries (2 x AAA), jiggle a bit more whilst its almost screwed back on completely then it comes on. I then slowly screw it back on completely. It will then work, but if I leave it and try again, say 30mins or later I need to repeat the process. I haven't attempted to yank out the laser bit as yet, but I'm at the point of getting the S@##Ts!!!
I haven't bothered with getting a refund as its not worth the cost (China).
I also did a dumb thing, since the AAA re-chargeables that I have been using were a real tight fit down the tube of the pointer, I thought I'd take off the plastic liner of the batteries so they would slide down easier. :screwy: As such I created a circuit and nearly gave myself 3rd degree burns - lucky the batteries didn't explode! Even luckier, it didn't fry the laser.
Could this be a classic, you gets what you pay for ?:mad2:
I went cheap and bought one of those 5mw green laser pointers on Ebay for $45. The 1st few goes things were working fine, but now the damn thing plays up and wondering if anyone has had similar issues or suggestions on a fix.
Its your standard pointer, with a rubber grip as opposed to the raw brush aluminum finish (looks similar to the saxon ones). What is happening is I press the on/off button nothing happens. When I peep (very carefully) I see a red 'glow' . I then unscrew, jiggle the batteries (2 x AAA), jiggle a bit more whilst its almost screwed back on completely then it comes on. I then slowly screw it back on completely. It will then work, but if I leave it and try again, say 30mins or later I need to repeat the process. I haven't attempted to yank out the laser bit as yet, but I'm at the point of getting the S@##Ts!!!
I haven't bothered with getting a refund as its not worth the cost (China).
I also did a dumb thing, since the AAA re-chargeables that I have been using were a real tight fit down the tube of the pointer, I thought I'd take off the plastic liner of the batteries so they would slide down easier. :screwy: As such I created a circuit and nearly gave myself 3rd degree burns - lucky the batteries didn't explode! Even luckier, it didn't fry the laser.
Could this be a classic, you gets what you pay for ?:mad2: