My laser stopped firing and it appears that it has a bad power supply. The power supply was bad on install around Sept 2013, then about 6 months later (under warranty), and now again. The cost of a new one from Rabbit Laser is $500. This is very part time for me, and I probably don't even run my laser on average 10 hours/week. I think the power supply should last more than 500 hours at most, probably much less. I see power supplies elsewhere (ebay, aliexpress, amazon) for much less and I'm wondering if these are the same. Does anyone have any insight into this? Is this a problematic component, or am I just unlucky?
Any thoughts, ideas, or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Ted