Greetings all! I've been away from the saber sceen for about 3 years since I built my first basic (no sound) saber. The TCSS community was an enormous help to me in building that first saber. I'm getting abit more ambitious with my latest project that consists of the following electronic parts:


I think I have a basic understanding of the difference between momentary and latching switches (thanks to these forums), although I have no idea how to determine which one to use in different situations. My problem is that when I connect everything to the battery, everything turns on without depressing the switch. I tried reversing my neg and pos leads (uh oh) and got no response. I have tried holding down the button to see if it will turn off/on, but that does nothing. Since I'm using an econo Hasbro board, I believe I have to use a momentary switch, right? That brings up another strange issue. When i replace the AV mom switch with a simple "push on/push off" switch http://www.thecustomsabershop.com/Pu...utton-P41.aspx it all seems to work fine. Here is a link to my wiring diagram:
http://i795.photobucket.com/albums/y...AV-accent2.png

Help me TCSS community! You're my only hope!