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    Default Basic Stunt Saber with MWS parts (Wiring Check)

    Ok I am trying to do the least soldering as possible. Will the wiring work with these parts for a no-sound stunt saber?:
    http://www.thecustomsabershop.com/4A...nt--P1010.aspx
    http://www.thecustomsabershop.com/Cr...dule-P998.aspx (Green, when it's in stock)
    and
    http://www.thecustomsabershop.com/MW...ckel-P901.aspx

    Like this with female-to-female jst connections between the male mws connectors?
    saber wiring pud.jpg

    Is this right or wrong?

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    That's not how it works. The switch wire with the resistor (the purple thing in the diagram) goes to the LED in the switch. It has a positive lead and a negative lead, and both have to be connected to a power source to light up your switch.

    The main LED is powered the same way. It has to have both positive and negative leads connected to a battery. You put the switch on either the positive wire or negative wire.

    Basically, the power from the battery (called current) moves through the wire to one leg of the switch. The switch itself is either open (no power), or closed (power! unlimited power!). If it's closed the current flows out of the other leg of the switch, and on to the LED.

    The battery black wire connects with the LED blue wire.
    The battery red wire connects with the switch red wire.
    The switch black wire connects with the LED white wire.

    The switch LED wires (purple thing again) won't connect with anything without a little bit of soldering.
    Last edited by Generic Jedi; 01-14-2016 at 03:56 AM.

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    So all pre-wired jst connectors don't help me at all and everything needs to be soldered?
    So like this?saber wiring pud 02.jpg

    Am I getting close?

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    That diagram is functional, but the switch LED will be on all the time. If you want the switch LED to turn on and off with the blade, connect the switch LED (+) to the other side of the switch (the black wire that connects to your main LED (+) )
    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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    Quote Originally Posted by pudly View Post
    So all pre-wired jst connectors don't help me at all and everything needs to be soldered?
    The pre-wired parts are more for sound builds than stunts and are setup to snap right into the pre-wired soundboards.

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    The positive switch wire with the DynaOhm resistor on it?

    I guess it doesn't help me that they are pre-wired and I have no idea what color cables are hooked to, on the av switch NC1, NO1, C1...
    Last edited by pudly; 01-14-2016 at 06:17 PM.

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    You could use the MWS BuckPuck. It has connectors for the main LED, the switch, the switch LED, and the battery. Also, you won't need a resistor for the main LED.

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