Can´t get Neopixel Blade to work

Good evening Gentlemen,

I have a question which might not be simple to answer...one might hope though ;)
I recently aquired a saberforge build kit with a golden harvest v3 soundboard,
Neopixel connector, battery etc. and a Neopixel lightsaber blade.


Since this is my first build and I have absolutely no soldering experience the manual task was challenge enough. ;)
But I managed....Now the problem.

The board seems to work fine, I can hear sound, switch lightsaber fonts and so on, but I cant ignite the blade. I do get
a few pixels to flash for a second but that´s it (Amperage of the battery too low?...though I think it would be weird...why sell a kit, that wont work as intended?). What is the usual method for testing if the LED Strips are working and are soldered correctly in the pre-assembled blade?

Thanks in advance

Post modified -FJK

Welcome to the forums.

Offhand I’d say the battery amperage was insufficient. You need a 15A battery to run a setup like that.

In case you weren’t aware, these forums are attached to a site (The Custom Saber Shop). I removed your links as they go against the forums guidelines.
Also, just so you’re aware, that company you mentioned isn’t highly thought of in the community.

I agree with FJK that battery is definitely a good spot to start. I'm not super knowledgeable with golden harvest. I know that with plecter labs, you have to define the blade in the soundboard settings. Make sure it isn't something similar with that board:)

Thank you for your Input...this is very much appreciated.

In the GHv3 Settings you do have a LED Strip setting where you can define the number of Pixels you are using. I played with these settings but to no effect.
I will get an appropriat battery and try again.