I've been lurking on several sites, mostly just looking over what everyone's built for themselves, or who is selling what. I have a few Ultra's, but I've gotten the bug for wanting to build my own. I've got quite a parts list going, but I just want to make sure everything is going to work (look! The whole reason for the forums!). I'm nervous about soldering. I've done it before, but for my first build, I just want to get it going. It's going to be stunt, for simplicity and cost. My main question though is will these parts just clip together and I'll be done? After some of this "cram-fu" I keep reading about, of course.
The parts I want:
-2AA Battery Holder with JST connector. I see that for the MWS I'll have to use 14500 batteries; no problem there.
-Rebel Star LED & MHS Heatsink Module in Green. This seems to come with everything I need for a light, though correct me if I'm wrong
-MWS Long Latching 16mm AV Switch - Black with the Green Dot. It says it comes with a resistor, as the non-MWS ones didn't, so I think this should be good to go as well. I do have an activation box picked out for this as well.
Is this all I need? Or do I need the MWS Momentary to Latching Converter to properly hook everything up? If so, I assume I'll need the 4.5v - 20v version because I'd be running two 14500 batteries which are like 7.2v.
Am I wrong? Should I get a JST Extension or two as well? The nervousness of frying parts is making it slightly hard to figure everything out, but I'm sure I'm not the first. Thanks in advance for any and all help!
Edit: First post! Yeeha!
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