That's almost what it sounds like, but I can't figure out why it would do that. I have it wired up exactly like the Vader tutorial shows.
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That's almost what it sounds like, but I can't figure out why it would do that. I have it wired up exactly like the Vader tutorial shows.
Not suggesting anything on your part, but you may want to check the tutorial again and your wiring incase something is messed up, come loose, or if by chance you did accidently put something in the wrong place. Just to be on the safe side.
jay gon, it might be how you have the clash sensor set in the hilt. on MRs, they "barrel" on it is horizontal in the hilt, while on yours it appears to be vertical. i'm not sure if that's the reason, but it's worth a shot
Wait... didn't the qui-gon have the clash sensor on the board? I have that exact sensor and I'm not sure it's the clash... let me check my bag of fried boards to see.
EDIT: I don't see my Qui board in the bag... may have been thrown out. I seem to remember the black one on the board so maybe I'm just imagining things.
This is the board:
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...re-saber-2.jpg
The big black thing on the front near the led leads is the clash sensor from the Qui-gon saber. It's located length wise in the hilt, pointing toward the emitter. As I said, it's wired exactly like in the Vader tutorial. I've tried reversing the wires on it, with no improvement, so I don't think it's wired backwards or anything like that. I may have to try soldering the wires to a different part of the sensor where it was soldered to the Hasbro board. I soldered directly to what looked like the solder point for the internal part on the sensors pcb. I may see if I can get a pic to show this better. It's also possible that this sensor is a different type than the spring and metal cylinder that these came with...I wonder if it's a ball-bearing type....the Qui-gon it came from only had a clash sound effect, with no motion activated swing sounds like on the newer versions.
This is the Hasbro Qui-gon board that I took the clash sensor from:
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...oard_alone.jpg
I took this pic when I replaced that Hasbro board in my custom saber with a Vader MR.
Here is the same board now:
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...ro-qg-sb-1.jpg
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...ro-qg-sb-2.jpg
Here's how I soldered the sensor:
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...e-saber-25.jpg
A shot of the back of the sensor:
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...e-saber-26.jpg
I havent the foggyest idea.
Me either but never the less that is an Awesome Parts Hilt and it sure is loud, also I have used the plastic rings on my first EL's and if you paint them be prepared to constantly touch them up, because it will chip, even with using Plastic Primer, Paint and a Clear Coat. :wink:
Thanks Geforce, I'll keep that in mind!
I wanted to be sure I actually had the clash sensor, so I took it off the board:
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...g-sensor-1.jpg
And popped the black cover off:
http://i119.photobucket.com/albums/o...g-sensor-2.jpg
Definitely a clash sensor....