What?!? NOOO!! Oh, ok. wait a sec?

[Jay-gon Jinn]

After reading this over myself, I'd have to agree with FJK. more pictures/diagrams of your entire wiring schematic is needed for proper diagnosis. Off-hand, though, I'd have to say if your FoC led is going off without the resistor on the pex (which should indeed be a broken circuit) you have a short somewhere else allowing current to your FoC led, most likely a solder bridge on your LedEngin led.

[The Yin]

. . . most likely a solder bridge on your LedEngin led.

That's what it was.
I needed to clean that thing up anyway, it's looking better now. And holding better too.

IMAG0397.jpg



Thanks for helping out, and putting up with my craziness.



But for real, that was tripping me oooouuuttttt

[The Yin]

There is a definite known issue with Style 1 RICE grounding, and I forget what the exact fix is. It involved wiring the RICE ground to somewhere specific but I forget where.

You should also be able to use Teflon tape to insulate the the port (use it on the port threads) but I haven't tested that myself. Should work though.

Found the thread on the Rice port issue. Search is our friend

[Jay-gon Jinn]

That's what it was.
I needed to clean that thing up anyway, it's looking better now. And holding better too.

IMAG0397.jpg
Thanks for helping out, and putting up with my craziness.



But for real, that was tripping me oooouuuttttt

Well, at least you know for sure that your FoC works! Glad you figured it out, I know all too well how frustrating building a saber can sometimes be, especially when something's not quite right. ;0