Volern
10-24-2017, 01:45 PM
Hi, I've had this MR 2003 Darth Vader saber sitting around for a few years not functional, and missing a few things, with the body in bad shape, also missing the clamp that should be in the middle.
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I've since replaced some screws with ones I had lying around.
Now the problem I have is that the soundboard is not working properly.
Through trial and error I've determined that it has to be the board, as the battery pack and its connections work fine when powering a single LED, however I still do not know if the speaker works or not.
The board does end up giving power to the outputs to the LED, but is not enough to turn it on. I do not know exactly how much it is sending out, but does have enough to dimly light a 12V 3W Fuse, but still not the LED, and I cannot figure out why. Also using the same fuse method on the wires going to the speaker, there is a dim light showing up again showing that it does have power in the line, but is not turning the speaker on. I might just be messing up the outputs to the LED, but as the speaker, which I still do not know works, doesn't turn on either, it leads me to believe the board is broken.
Here are some pictures of the board itself.
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The bar on the switch which you move up or down to turn the thing on and off has broken off but can be used with a small screw driver, and I plan on trying to attach a momentary switch to it, still not entirely sure on how to do that either.
Basically can anyone familiar with this stuff give me a hand?
And before I get asked, I cannot really get other spare parts to see if something works, like a speaker or the movement and clash sensor.
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I've since replaced some screws with ones I had lying around.
Now the problem I have is that the soundboard is not working properly.
Through trial and error I've determined that it has to be the board, as the battery pack and its connections work fine when powering a single LED, however I still do not know if the speaker works or not.
The board does end up giving power to the outputs to the LED, but is not enough to turn it on. I do not know exactly how much it is sending out, but does have enough to dimly light a 12V 3W Fuse, but still not the LED, and I cannot figure out why. Also using the same fuse method on the wires going to the speaker, there is a dim light showing up again showing that it does have power in the line, but is not turning the speaker on. I might just be messing up the outputs to the LED, but as the speaker, which I still do not know works, doesn't turn on either, it leads me to believe the board is broken.
Here are some pictures of the board itself.
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15921
The bar on the switch which you move up or down to turn the thing on and off has broken off but can be used with a small screw driver, and I plan on trying to attach a momentary switch to it, still not entirely sure on how to do that either.
Basically can anyone familiar with this stuff give me a hand?
And before I get asked, I cannot really get other spare parts to see if something works, like a speaker or the movement and clash sensor.