first lightsaber

[aguiarmandjr]

Alright, I wired everything up like i did in the diagram, and the sound is absolutely perfect. However, there are 2 things wrong with it. First, the led on the switch does not light up. I did it like that one guy said to but it still doesnt work. this is the least important of the two. When I first wired the led pos (purple) and negative bundle (the mix of wires), the led turns on like it supposed to when the switch is off. when i turn the switch on, the led becomes less bright. I do not know what is wrong with it at all, because all this seems counter-intuitive and im pretty sure all the wires are correctly labeled (pos and neg), even they were mixed up, the led should just not light up. I have no clue what is going on, so any help would be greatly appreciated.

[GFJedi]

Perhaps clear photos of both sides of the soundboard would help so people can look for errors in wiring, soldering, etc...

[aguiarmandjr]

http://s1316.photobucket.com/user/ag...tml?sort=3&o=0
http://s1316.photobucket.com/user/ag...tml?sort=3&o=2
http://s1316.photobucket.com/user/ag...tml?sort=3&o=3
http://s1316.photobucket.com/user/ag...tml?sort=3&o=4
http://s1316.photobucket.com/user/ag...tml?sort=3&o=5
http://s1316.photobucket.com/user/ag...tml?sort=3&o=6

If you would like me to take more photos or anything please let me know.... its just disappointing that my first time is not comin out the way i expected it to . And in what way would the soldering joints impact the functionality to this point if you dont mind me asking, bc i am new to soldering too and I would not put it behind me that the lack of experience is most likely my downfall. I like burnt myself with the dam soldering iron a couple times so i just want this thing to work after all the pain put myself through. Again thank you

[Crystal Chambers]

Ah.....this could have been posted in a better section of the forum. The gallery is typically for finished work.

[aguiarmandjr]

oh my apologies, this is just all new to me; lightsaber building, forms, soldering, ect. If you would like me to restart the post in the correct section I will but since everything is here that would be my only reason to be reluctant to do so.