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Lord_Jyensba_Lalne
04-23-2006, 07:54 PM
For my saber, I want to attach a light bulb so it will show on the outside. How do I wire the regular(no sound) setup to allow this?

I am 1/3 High School student and 2/3 SITH LORD.

informalmyx
04-23-2006, 08:39 PM
lightbulb outside ?


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Do-Clo
04-23-2006, 09:07 PM
Need more info as to waht you are doing.

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LAN-ED-TUL
04-24-2006, 01:14 AM
what da he@#$@#$ is he talkin bout?




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jedijohnson
04-24-2006, 12:10 PM
1- Where were you thinking of mounting the light bulb at ?

Or were you meaning a Led bulb placed inside the hilt and pro-truding through the side ?



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Ambo
04-24-2006, 01:37 PM
I think he means to backlight something from inside the hilt, like I was going to do with my saber.

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steel_darkblade
04-24-2006, 06:27 PM
pretty sweet looking saber there ambo.

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Lord_Jyensba_Lalne
04-24-2006, 07:18 PM
Sorry about the lack of info.
I want to do something like this:
http://www.geocities.com/projectstm/Lightsabers/hilts/Picture125.jpg
Except have the crystal on the outside in a clear box and have just a nonfilter light bulb light up my smoky quartz crystal. Any ideas?

credit to the pic goes to nautilus. awesome saber.

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xwingband
04-24-2006, 07:40 PM
Yes, forget the lightbulb. Use an LED. It works just like the luxeon leds. Wire it in parallel with a resistor and DPDT switch.

If you need more of an explaination just ask.

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Lord_Jyensba_Lalne
04-25-2006, 01:57 PM
Yeah...could you give an explanation on the wiring?

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xwingband
04-25-2006, 02:12 PM
Okay, you'd wire it in parallel, meaning it's seperate. You'd have four wires. Two for the EL and two for the LED.

Just like a Luxeon put a resistor and switch in between the positive wire from the battery to the LED. You figure out which resistor you'll need from an online resistor calculator.

The DPDT (double pull double throw) switch is the part where you'd have to pay attention. There will be 6 poles on it.

If poles are:
1,4
2,5
3,6

You put the two wires you have for the LED (positive wire that's been spliced for resistor and switch) on poles 1 and 2. The EL switch wires would go on poles 4 and 5. Poles 3 and 6 are left empty. You could do other combos too, but you must leave a pole open on each side and not the center one.

Now when you press the button on the DPDT it will turn on the LED and the inverter.[:)]

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LAN-ED-TUL
04-26-2006, 02:36 AM
great explanation x-wing wish that was the same for a hasbro/lux led setup/ i wanted a regular led light, to power up at same time as the hasbro board fired off the sound and lux. but do-clo hasnt figured that out just yet.




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Do-Clo
04-26-2006, 06:34 AM
Lan I am working on something but I have some parts ordered. I think it will work but I don't want to say until I know it works.

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LAN-ED-TUL
04-26-2006, 03:36 PM
i know that do-clo, thats why i said ya havent figured it out yet. i know you havent gave up on that problem.




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Lord_Jyensba_Lalne
04-28-2006, 02:34 PM
Could you post a diagram of what you mean? I really don't get words...I need to see. Thanks.

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xwingband
04-28-2006, 03:09 PM
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That should give you an idea of what goes where for the wires.[:)]

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Lord_Jyensba_Lalne
04-28-2006, 04:50 PM
So you actually attach wires to the 9V hookup on the inverter? And those six circles...that's the DPDT right? What are those T lookin' things? (Gee, and I thought EL was confusing...)

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xwingband
04-28-2006, 05:20 PM
No, you wouldn't directly solder the wires to the 9V. The easiest thing would probably be to split the existing 9V connector on the inverter and split each wire into a Y shape.

The "six circles" is the DPDT (double pull double throw). That's what they look like on diagrams. The "t's" represent how it works. A DPDT is like two SPST's (a normal pushbutton) working off the same button (the "t's show that they are connected and work simultaniously).

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Lord_Jyensba_Lalne
04-28-2006, 07:46 PM
Okay. I think I got that now. So I would attach another LED by attaching the one lead to the switch, then one to the negative battery wire. Right?

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xwingband
04-28-2006, 08:11 PM
You could do it in series. Instead of going straight to the battery pack put a short wire to the next LED and then to the battery. Of course you'd need to get the right resistor, but you can look that up online.

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Lord_Jyensba_Lalne
04-29-2006, 01:35 PM
What happens if I get the wrong resistor?

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xwingband
04-29-2006, 01:42 PM
The LED will either fry if it's too weak, or be dim if it's too strong.

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informalmyx
04-29-2006, 01:46 PM
radio shack has a decent selection of resusors by a few if needed

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Lord_Jyensba_Lalne
04-29-2006, 06:43 PM
Okay, I went to RadioShack today, and got an LED and a resistor.

The LED says:
5V, 30mA, 300mcd(Whatever those mean)

The Resistor that the RS dude got me says:
1/4 watt, 5% tolerance

Is that right? I only have the 1 LED.

And is this correct?:
http://www.maj.com/gallery/Bakuta/MyLightsaber/wiring.bmp

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xwingband
04-29-2006, 07:40 PM
The diagram will work, but there is not enough info for us to tell about the resistor. The rating seems fine, but you didn't give us a resisitance rating. It will be in ohms, looks like the omega sign (uppside down horseshoe).

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Lord_Jyensba_Lalne
04-29-2006, 07:45 PM
Resistance rating? Uhhh...The resistor package says <u>100-Ohm Resistors.</u>

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xwingband
04-30-2006, 06:47 PM
Unless that means it a pack of 100 hundred then that's not what the calculator is giving me. It says 150ohms. Being dim is better than frying so try putting two together to make 200ohms.

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Do-Clo
04-30-2006, 07:17 PM
Put the resistors in series (end to end) to get 200 ohms

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james3
04-30-2006, 07:37 PM
Yep, do not parallel em (tieing them together) that would be bad.

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