Lasers without key switch

[501damian501]

looking from this, this is what people use if their imported laser doesnt have a key switch http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...2BSI%26otn%3D4 carry to be honest...

why not just get an key switch installed , it has to be cheaper.

[nigelwright7557]

looking from this, this is what people use if their imported laser doesnt have a key switch http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.d...2BSI%26otn%3D4 carry to be honest...

why not just get an key switch installed , it has to be cheaper.

An external method is better coz you dont have to interfere with the laser to add a switch.
As soon as you alter the laser innards your warranty will go down the pan !

[Vectis]

Or £3...

http://cpc.farnell.com/pro-elec/2138...-bb45-00001001

I bought a bunch of these when they were in the specials catalogue for £1.99 and they're invaluable. Not that I use them with lasers because all mine have keys fitted and are DMX'd, but for other stuff. I use a few as footswitches plugged into a 6-way strip and they work a treat! Not broken one yet...

[501damian501]

An external method is better coz you dont have to interfere with the laser to add a switch.
As soon as you alter the laser innards your warranty will go down the pan !

thats a myth, you get a parts warranty, the product doesnt get sent back to the manufacture, its just a way of the shops voiding a warrenty...

the manufacture just sends you the parts out free on your next order with them, or just sends them out straight away, so your stuck with one broken laser and a new part, send the customer a new one, get the broken one fixed, then sell it, simple as that.

i was led to believe by some regulations, the laser had to have a key switch install on the back ???, so it couldnt be used by the wrong hands..

[nigelwright7557]

thats a myth, you get a parts warranty, the product doesnt get sent back to the manufacture, its just a way of the shops voiding a warrenty...

the manufacture just sends you the parts out free on your next order with them, or just sends them out straight away, so your stuck with one broken laser and a new part, send the customer a new one, get the broken one fixed, then sell it, simple as that.

i was led to believe by some regulations, the laser had to have a key switch install on the back ???, so it couldnt be used by the wrong hands..

I have yet to have been left with a duff unit as well as a new working one !

My laser has a key but it doesnt need to be in to make it work.
I would probably leave the key at home so it doesnt get lost or nicked !

Other than the odd wee or drink I dont leave my gear unattended.

[Tom]

I have yet to have been left with a duff unit as well as a new working one !

My laser has a key but it doesnt need to be in to make it work.
I would probably leave the key at home so it doesnt get lost or nicked !

Other than the odd wee or drink I dont leave my gear unattended.

Well whats the point of having a safty feature if you dont need the key to make it work?

Kind of defeats the object of the exercise.

[501damian501]

I have yet to have been left with a duff unit as well as a new working one !

My laser has a key but it doesnt need to be in to make it work.
I would probably leave the key at home so it doesnt get lost or nicked !

Other than the odd wee or drink I dont leave my gear unattended.

the duff unit, gets sent back to the seller being me or your local disco shop, then they send you another one... see how it works now ?

basicly nothing gets sent back to china/japan...

[nigelwright7557]

Well whats the point of having a safty feature if you dont need the key to make it work?

Kind of defeats the object of the exercise.

Exactly !

[501damian501]

Exactly !

sounds like a fault to me, what type of laser is this ?

[nigelwright7557]

sounds like a fault to me, what type of laser is this ?

KAM 3D star cluster.