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yes it was.

Green.

.47ohm, .5W resistor

I was sure.. but now seeing that its burnt out, I'm much less sure.

I just cut back the shrink wrap and it looks like my resistor melted. so.. yay.. probably also fried my LED.

EDIT 1: burnt resistor https://i.imgur.com/VjJOqtT.jpg
EDIT 2: LED is fine, I can...

Ok, I'm getting 4ish volts out of the battery to the JST with the LED unplugged. As soon as I plug in the LED, I get 2.3v or so and its super dim. It was fine and bright for several days and now...

...suddenly the blade went super dim. It's been working fine for several days (hella bright), no issues at all. Today I go to play around a bit, bright as normal.. then its like a dead flashlight....

Ok, that's about what i figured after scanning the NB manual.

went back and read more on the NB manual.. looks like I'm adding in a killswitch.

Thanks for the help

I've read a lot of the posts here, and watched a lot of videos (including TCSS vids) and they answer a lot of my questions, but I am wanting to build my saber with Ammnra's rotating crystal setup,...