Spectra Physics 185

[daedal]

Well... I've had this laser for a while now and never tried to run it... but I did get all the necessary parts to get it going.

What I wanted to know is if someone is familiar with this little bad boy... I was told it did more than 180mW, no mention on current. I got the power supply and was told it works, but likes to hang on idle. It also apparently climbs very slowly to set power... perhaps never reaching it.

Again, I don't know how to power this thing. I can't find a suitable set of info on these... and SP was helpful in providing me with the manual in electronic version.

I can make the manual available if anyone needs it...

Anyone familiar with powering/connecting these things to a household in USA? I know it needs 230V or so, but I don't know much about power to even try to hook this thing up... will it even work on the dryer/stove plug?

Thanx;
DDL

[Laserman532]

Well... I've had this laser for a while now and never tried to run it... but I did get all the necessary parts to get it going.

What I wanted to know is if someone is familiar with this little bad boy... I was told it did more than 180mW, no mention on current. I got the power supply and was told it works, but likes to hang on idle. It also apparently climbs very slowly to set power... perhaps never reaching it.

Again, I don't know how to power this thing. I can't find a suitable set of info on these... and SP was helpful in providing me with the manual in electronic version.

I can make the manual available if anyone needs it...

Anyone familiar with powering/connecting these things to a household in USA? I know it needs 230V or so, but I don't know much about power to even try to hook this thing up... will it even work on the dryer/stove plug?

Thanx;
DDL

Spectra made a 185 HeCd and a 185 Argon laser which one is it? Maby post a pic.

[daedal]

Thank you for the reply...

It's an Argon head...

--DDL

[GooeyGus]

I'm fairly sure the psu you most likely have is 230v @ 15A. You should have no problems running it off of a dryer outlet which is usually rated for 30A. Or you could use a "range" outlet which is usually 50A but the plug is different and generally a tiny bit more expensive to buy than a dryer plug.

[daedal]

I'm fairly sure the psu you most likely have is 230v @ 15A. You should have no problems running it off of a dryer outlet which is usually rated for 30A. Or you could use a "range" outlet which is usually 50A but the plug is different and generally a tiny bit more expensive to buy than a dryer plug.

Any idea which pins on the PSU go to which pins on the plug?

Thanx;
DDL

[GooeyGus]

There should be three flat pins (talking about the receptacle on the PSU), the one in the 'center' which should be a bit longer than the other two, will be your neutral (which is the top pin on the dryer outlet, the one that isn't a flat prong, but more of an L shape (you should probably take a picture of your dryer outlet just to make sure it's the same as mine)). The other two are hot.

[allthatwhichis]

Maby post a pic.

Or 3... .................

[daedal]

Pictures below...

My dryer outlet is, as you describe, has a 30A fuse. The plug itself is 2 slanted flat prongs, and one L-shaped prong.

Dryer plug diagram (couldn't get a clear picture... it's all reflective black and you can't clearly see the openings):

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Any help is greatly appreciated;
DDL

[daedal]

Awe crap... it ruined my ASCII image...

Here's a retry (ignore dots):

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Thanx;
DDL

[Xytrell]

Here ya go: