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    Thanks, I think I got everything now

  3. #13

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    One last thing (for now I hope).
    I have already found the service for the switch hole. Is there also a service to let your blade holder be pre-drilled?

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    Yes!!!!!!
    "A foolish man fights a fight he'll lose, and lose foolishly".

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    Ok, after taking a another very close look at the wiring stuff and voltages/watts, I think my wiring idea is not gonna work.
    My first idea was to connect the batterypack to the switch and then the switch to a buckpuck (700mA) and then a wire from the buckpuck back to the battery. This is pretty basic stuff.
    My idea for lighting the LED on the switch was to wire the buckpuck to the switch LED and then the switch LED to the blade LED and then back to the buckpuck, but now I'm not sure anymore if this is the correct way.
    Do I need to wire the switch LED after the blade LED and use another resistor?

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    It would be easier to resistor both.
    "A foolish man fights a fight he'll lose, and lose foolishly".

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    Plus there are threads for everything your asking you just have to look.
    "A foolish man fights a fight he'll lose, and lose foolishly".

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    I already looked into a few threads but couldn't find anything I was looking for. Could be (well, know it is) me I guess.
    Thanks anyway for all you're reactions.
    Gonna find out what resistor I'm gonna need for my switch LED and build in a second circuit for it, from power through switch to resistor and switch LED.

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    You want to wire the switch LED and the blade LED in parallel (with appropriate resistors/buckpucks), and not in series. A switch LED and a blade LED in series never works out well. You either have a really dim blade, or a blown switch LED.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_wiring is a good starting point if you don't know what I'm talking about.
    We all have to start somewhere. The journey is all the more impressive by our humble beginnings.

    http://led.linear1.org/1led.wiz for the lazy man's resistor calculator!
    http://forums.thecustomsabershop.com...e-to-Ohm-s-Law for getting resistor values the right way!

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    I know what you're talking about, and that was what I was trying to explain but I couldn't find the right words.
    Already added the right resistor for my switch LED (blade LED is going through BuckPuck) and now it's just waiting till MPS insert style 12 returns to the shop

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