wiring av switch help

**jin starkiller** · 10-09-2010, 06:40 PM

i believe somewhere that i've got my wiring crossed that the led on the switch stays continouslly on

+ to the battery
- to the battery
switch wire A to NC1
switch wire B to C1

using this switch

http://www.thecustomsabershop.com/DP...itch-P411.aspx

with a obi wan 2010 board

any help would be appreciated since i've searched and only found shadars diagram ...thanx

**Forgetful Jedi Knight** · 10-09-2010, 06:44 PM

Jin,

From what you described, it would stay on all the time, because you have the LED directly connected to the battery. What do you want to happen?

**jin starkiller** · 10-09-2010, 06:45 PM

turn off with the power switch

**Ari-Jaq Xulden** · 10-09-2010, 06:49 PM

What you want is the switch wires to go to the NO1 and C1, or NO2 and C2. Also the + and - to the battery is fine, if you have a recharge port with a kilkey. If you want it to come on with the saber though, you either need to run it from the same source as the main led of the saber(resistored), or from the led sources from the board.

**Forgetful Jedi Knight** · 10-09-2010, 06:53 PM

Jin,

Do you have a wiring diagram? Ideally what you want is to not have the battery going directly to the LED leads. I'm not sure that the wires for the switch will have enough juice to run the LED. Depending on how you have things wired, a little creative wiring may be needed.

**jin starkiller** · 10-09-2010, 06:55 PM

the only one that i found was the one that shadar had posted and it was a might confusing

**Forgetful Jedi Knight** · 10-09-2010, 07:05 PM

Jin,

Ari is right the switch wires need to be in NO1 and C1 or NO2 and C2 - and also has a great way to wire the LED off of your main LED. What I would do is run them in parallel, this way you can put the right resistor on the switch LED so you don't fry it (like I accidentally did once). The LEDs on the switch are fairly easy to fry!

**Ari-Jaq Xulden** · 10-09-2010, 07:08 PM

I just read your other post, and realized your using a transistor. The transistor is using up all your -'s from the board. Try this setup, unless someone could point out why it wouldn't work.