I just recently put my saber together (NB with two 3.7v Truefires wired in parallel), went in and edited some swing and clash sensitivity parameters (while staying well within the recommended bounds) and when I plug it back in my saber (I have the MWS version with the harness), the boot sound starts up well and good, when I hit the switch the LED activates, does the hum for about 10 seconds, the sound cuts off, then about 1-2 seconds later the LED cuts off. I know there's power flowing to the speaker, but I don't know what the exact source of the problem is and how to fix it. Would it by chance be a corrupted/bad sound board or card? I tried reformatting the card and uploading an earlier configuration, but still the same issue happens. The batteries are fresh and charged, so I know it's not that.

I have been looking for quite some time on the forums and I have no yet found anything to help me. All of the threads I have read have had accent LEDs, which my saber does not have, and I just wanted to know how to wire an AV switch to the sound board.

Hey I am really new to this and I am readying a Electronics Fundamentals book to learn how to work with electronics. I was wondering if I could damage a 2/3 watt speaker buy powering with a 7.4 volt Li-on battery or if I should use resistors to lower the amount of watts going to the speaker. I am talking about the 2/3 watt speaker you guys provide. I'm not wanting to damage it and every time I use ohms law it says that I should use a 27.38 ohms of resistance. Should I plug in a bunch of resistors or will the resistance of the wire itself be enough. I'm not sure how to figure out if I actually need a resistor at all when doing any of this. Any help would be nice. Thanks everyone.

I am in the process in building a 2 twin lightsabers. However, when I saw the price tag on the Crystal Focus and the Nano Biscotte, I was shocked! They were at the 100-200 range for U.S Dollars. I can't afford that, however I remembered I had a bunch of telescoping lightsabers, so I opened the lightsaber up and voila the sound board was a small bread board. However, because I am only a kid with no experience in electricity, (The first time I soldered with my dad, it was a cold joint) I have to ask you guys in the TCSS forum. See what you think and if it's a stupid post, message me and I will remove it. Thank you.