The CO2 power supply cables, which normally connected with a Delrin feedthrough, are now directly connected. Unfortunately this did not solve the problem of the low laser power. The max power output was ~5 watts and the power consumption was under 10 amps. After looking through the usual suspects I'm guessing that the RF driver has crapped out again. Replacing it will have to wait until an opportunity comes up. The AOM had it's power supply switched from the Instek (which was being shared with the laser) to the Kepco power supply. The AOM is now running at 25v and ~2 amps. This will be checked over when the laser is once again running full power.
We're working on a heavy duty connector for these power cables. The existing connectors are simply too flimsy to handle the weight.