LED basic electronics kit

[Nightwing]

Does the LED basic electronics kit come with all the wiring I'll need to build a saber? What about heatshrink?

I guess what I'm asking is, assuming I build a saber off the MHS builder page, complete with every extra option available there, will I need anything else besides tools?

[xwingband]

Well... the battery pack and switch have a certain amount of wire already on them. (look at the MHS LED tutorial) Unless you're going to need to go a longer distance or botch the wiring job and have to cut them shorter you should be able to deal with what comes with it.

If you don't feel confident it's not really an expense to add a foot of wire on either.[;)]

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[Nightwing]

Alright, then. I'll grab some extra wire. What about heatshrink? How much of that should I grab?

[xwingband]

If you're over zealous in your use of it (you only need to cover the exposed wire) you might need 4-5 inches. A foot would be more than enough.

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[Lord Maul]

you really only need 1 inch of it for 1 soldered joint.

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[Nightwing]

Okay, and does it matter if I get 1/8'' or 3/16''?

[Lord Maul]

the difference is only 1/16 of an inch, it doesn't really matter but since it is so cheap you could just get 1 foot of each

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[xwingband]

Actually it does matter. For one wire the 3/16" heatshrink won't get small enough. It has it's limits for shrinking and the 1/8" is best for one wire like you'd do if only doing the basics. If you were heatshrinking two wires the 1/8" would hardly get the wire in there while the 3/16" is a breeze.

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[HiddenMooCow]

Wow, this is all really good info for reference. [:)]

[Lord Maul]

especially for me, i need to know this stuff for my conversion

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[987654321a]

i have hundreds of feet of wire and heatshrink at my garage lol.

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[Lord Maul]

nice CD [:D][:p][:D]

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[Nightwing]

Lol, just one more thing to add to your tutorial, Xwing. [;)]

BTW, how's that thing coming? I haven't gotten any more proofreading assignments... have I been replaced?!?!?[:0][:0][:0]

[Jedi-Loreen]

<font size="3"><font color="purple">When I wire up kits for my friends, I always extend the wiring a bit, in case they want to add extensions or change switch positions or something. It gives them more flexibility, and then I won't have to redo it later, when they decide to change something.</font id="purple"></font id="size3"> [;)]

<font size="3"><font color="blue">I buy heat shrink in 3ft pieces. And yes, I have actually gone through a few, with various projects that I do.</font id="blue"></font id="size3">


In order to see the Light, you must sometimes risk the Dark.

[Lord Maul]

wow Jlo, you use a ton of heatshrink

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[xwingband]

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Nightwing

Lol, just one more thing to add to your tutorial, Xwing. [;)]

BTW, how's that thing coming? I haven't gotten any more proofreading assignments... have I been replaced?!?!?[:0][:0][:0]
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No... I finished the hilt but I fried all my Hasbro boards I had thus I put it on hold. If Corbin ever sells the remains of his Generic Siths or I get a deal on them again I'll keep it up. I was up to eleven pages on it...

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[Nightwing]

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by xwingbandNo... I finished the hilt but I fried all my Hasbro boards I had thus I put it on hold. If Corbin ever sells the remains of his Generic Siths or I get a deal on them again I'll keep it up.<hr height="1" noshade id="quote"></blockquote id="quote"></font id="quote">
Ya might wanna hurry up and grab some while they're still around. It looks like all the Hasbro electronic sabers are being replaced by the new spring-loaded ones, and no one knows if they'll have a similar sound board. You can find Vader Hasbros everywhere right now, so you might wanna grab one of those.

[Lord Maul]

obi wans are also everywhere nightwing

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[Nightwing]

Yeah, but he said he wanted a "generic sith" soundboard, which can only be found in a Vader. Besides, the Obi-Wan has that horrible vacuum-cleaner-vibration.

[Lord Maul]

i just said that for people who want a jedi soundboard

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[xwingband]

It all depends on what I can get, but for now I know Corbin actually has a few of the "generic siths" that have the external switch.

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[Tenric Starkindler]

<blockquote id="quote"><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial, Helvetica" id="quote">quote:<hr height="1" noshade id="quote">Originally posted by Lord Maul

especially for me, i need to know this stuff for my conversion

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Coming back to the light side LM? [:D]

Reality often interferes with what would otherwise be an idyllic delusion.

[Lord Maul]

when have i been on the light side Tenric?

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