Issue with LEDs being too dim

[CharlesB]

Hi folks!

I've just wired up my components, and I'm finding that it's really not glowing very brightly when activated, even when I go into a completely dark room. Battery is fully charged; is there anything else obvious I'm missing? This is my first saber, so it wouldn't be the first thing I've missed along the way ;)

Here's what I'm working with:
7.4v Li-ion 1400mAh 18500 Battery Pack
Crystal Focus Sound Module V8
Photon Green™ Show Blade 1" OD (38 inches)
Blue/Blue/White Cree XP-E2 CopperNova

I put the following in my override.txt; my intent is for the two blue LEDs to be on all the time with the white added on top for FoC.
led=950,0,0,0
fled=950,950,0,0
lled=950,950,0,0
focmix=0001

From what I could tell, 1000 is the absolute highest I should set any of these numbers with these components, right?

Thanks in advance for any help!

[Forgetful Jedi Knight]

First and most important question is do you have your Blues wired in series or in parallel?

[CharlesB]

I have them wired in parallel.

[CharlesB]

Charging for 4.5 hrs didn't make much if any difference, so I've updated the original post.

I also have 4.7ohm 5w resistors on each of the blues. With more searching I've read that resistors can cause dimming, but the CF8 was getting pretty hot without them. Maybe I went overkill though?

Edit: The question about parallel or series wiring helped me search out other threads and learn that since I'm wired in parallel, I need more current since it's split between the two blue LEDs. So I upped the values to the following... and it made no difference. Clearly I'm still missing something :) Since the blues are the main issue, I focused on modifying that value.

led=1400,0,0,0
fled=1400,0,0,0
lled=1400,0,0,0
focmix=0001