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    Hey everyone! I'm new to putting together saber electronics so please forgive me if this question has been answered before. I have a pre wired nbv3 because I thought it would be easier for me since I'm new to this. I have the speaker, led, and battery hooked up fine but I'm trying to figure out how to get both an led powered switch and recharge port to the two remaining plugs. I can plug the led switch into the yellow plug and it will work to turn the saber on and off (minus the led ring working) but I am struggling with how to hook the recharge port up. When I hook it up to the orange and red that splices off the battery it does not deactivate the connection to the battery. I can upload pics later but if anyone knows off hand or has a diagram how it should be wired it would be greatly appreciated.

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    The battery should plug into the recharge port, the sound board plugs into the other recharge port connection. Power should only be cut when you put a kill key (or other charging plug) in the recharge port.

    You will need to wire up some connections for the accent LED in your switch. Read through the NB manual for some directions.

    Pictures would be helpful if you're still having issues.
    We all have to start somewhere. The journey is all the more impressive by our humble beginnings.

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    Thanks for the quick response. I'm attaching some pics of how I have everything hooked together at the moment. Pay no attention to the unfinishedness of the details as I will clean everything up once I figure out how I need to have everything linked together. IMG_3712.jpgIMG_3711.jpgIMG_3710.jpgIMG_3709.jpg

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    *** Do NOT plug the recharge port into the plug with the orange wire! That is the connection for your FoC die. You will do Bad Things(tm) to your board if you charge it like that! ***

    On your switch: the two tabs without wires are for the switch LED. One goes to (+) and the other goes to (-). It should be labeled. They'll wire up like an accent LED. See the manual for detailed instructions.

    Your recharge port is not wired for a kill key setup. The manual has more information on that.

    I can't seem to tell what that 3rd picture is. Care to elaborate?
    We all have to start somewhere. The journey is all the more impressive by our humble beginnings.

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    Did you wire the Recharge port? I was thinking the recharge port should have two connectors, one that plugs into the NB and the other that plugs into the battery.

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    Snipping 2 wires at the same time is a bad habit to get into (first picture). If you're ever in a situation where those wires have power, they will short and you could do bad things.

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    SS,

    I think the 3rd picture is an accent LED in an aluminum housing/holder. At least it looks like a standard dash-mount indicator light you might find at auto-zone.

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    The third pic is a recharge port from radio shack that is the same size as the switch, but it only has two pins in the bottom, versus the smaller recharge port from TCSS that has three pins at the bottom. I wasn't sure if it was easier to wire the two pin versus the three, but bought it and thought I'd see what everyone thought. I can use the smaller recharge port just need something to fir the hole in my saber as it's a larger diameter.

    Quote Originally Posted by FenixFire View Post
    SS,

    I think the 3rd picture is an accent LED in an aluminum housing/holder. At least it looks like a standard dash-mount indicator light you might find at auto-zone.

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    No worries there. Those are just a clamp. Not sharp enough to cut butter. Just used them to hold the wires up.
    Last edited by Indycaro; 06-20-2016 at 10:19 AM.

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    If you want the recharge port to kill power to your board when charging, you'll need to use the 3-pin port from TCSS. When wired properly, it will cut power to the board and only allow power to flow to the battery.

    I don't know that you'd harm the NB if you charged the battery with the two-pin port, but I definitely wouldn't turn the saber on while its being recharged.
    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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