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  1. #1
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    May 2007
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    Is my laser tube ok?

    Hello,
    I have just received my new 80W CO2 laser cutter, but I think that something is not working properly; to cut a piece of 3mm acrylic I have to setup the machine to slow speed and full power. The current meter on the machine moves up to 10mA (i think it's a bit low, because following the manual it would be 25mA).
    So I have taken a video of my tube working...please watch it and tell me if the tube is ok or not
    Thanks

    Paride

    LASER TUBE VIDEO (3mb) (left clic to download it)

  2. #2
    Join Date
    May 2007
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    Please help me I don't know what I can do

  3. #3
    I had the exact same problem when I got my laser. It turned out to be either the PCI driver card or a setting within the software. Your meter should and will read about 25ma when everything is working right. On mine, there is a setting when testing that tells the laser how much power to output. I think mine was set to 40 or something like that when I reset it to 100 and then reseated and reinstalled the PCI card everything sprang right to life.

    Thanks
    Mike
    www.classicplayfields.com

  4. #4
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    May 2007
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    I think that it isn't a problem of the pci card, because when i do the test without the pci card connected the output of the laser is always 10mA I think it is a problem of the power supply...however can you tell me more about this setting?

  5. #5
    Join Date
    May 2007
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    Cool Laser machine

    Why don't you talk with vendor? I think that he can reply this problem.
    I buy Laser machine 60 watts from hflaser. When I have some problems. I contact seller directly. He can support me excellent.


    Regards,
    Mongkol

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