CF 8 Assistance

**Salohcin0083** · 11-08-2016, 12:24 PM

Hello All,

I was going to rewire my FOC3 today after breaking the connection running my recharge port wires under the board-when I noticed the connection still in tact as well as still putting out 5 volts.
So I thought maybe I had an issue with the wire somewhere else- I wired a battery to the ends of the pos and neg leads for said LED and it powered up fine(At LED Star and on board leads). But still no LED
when I power on the board. Once again I use the volt meter and read about 5 v coming from said FOC3 pad/wire and nothing getting to the LED.

I proceeded to check the main LED voltage with the volt meter, when the speaker started to make static sound- no hum ,clash anything. I powered down the saber, installed the kill key. Rebooted saber fine-But meow when
I power up the saber it automatically powers down when I release the power button. It never did this before. Not able to change colors but it will enter sound font menu.

I gotta get some pictures-though I dunno if it will help-
board easy.jpg
7.4 volt battery pack
recharge port
tri cree RBGA
2x momentary switch
2x accent led

Any suggestions on LED repair?
Or how to get the board to stop powering down on its own?
Anyone else experience this?

thanks,

**Forgetful Jedi Knight** · 11-08-2016, 02:54 PM

What battery are you using? How exactly do you have everything wired/configured? And what specific problem are you having - it sounds like you are saying that the board reboots when you hit FOC??

**Cire Yeldarb** · 11-08-2016, 04:31 PM

Try Charging the Battery?

**Salohcin0083** · 11-08-2016, 04:38 PM

Originally Posted by Cire Yeldarb

Try Charging the Battery?

I am not against trying that-

Just to confirm though- The saber does not just cut out- It will do a full power down as if I just deactivated the saber with the power button-

If it was low/out on power would it just shut off without warning?

**Update: I put the volt meter to the battery pack and it is reading 7+volts. I would imagine this means its not a charge issue(this whole ordeal is making me feel stupid).

**Salohcin0083** · 11-08-2016, 04:34 PM

Hi Knight,

I added some more info to the original post,

Essentially- I used a battery pack at the board ned/pos and FOC3 pad to confirm wiring/soldering -that worked to ignite LED3. I checked the sd card and it is set to use FOC3 pad. I used volt meter to confirm power from FOC3 pad. Except still no LED 3 at all.
My board also will not stay ignited. As soon as I loose pressure on the power/momentary switch the board powers down. I changed no wiring or sd card parameters when this started to happen- I was checking the voltage to Main Led from board pos and neg pads when saber started to show signs of auto power down.

I would like assistance in getting my LED3 to power on when the saber is in use.
I would also like any suggestions for the sudden powering off.

thanks,

**Forgetful Jedi Knight** · 11-09-2016, 11:57 AM

Originally Posted by Salohcin0083

Hi Knight,

I added some more info to the original post,

Essentially- I used a battery pack at the board ned/pos and FOC3 pad to confirm wiring/soldering -that worked to ignite LED3. I checked the sd card and it is set to use FOC3 pad. I used volt meter to confirm power from FOC3 pad. Except still no LED 3 at all.
My board also will not stay ignited. As soon as I loose pressure on the power/momentary switch the board powers down. I changed no wiring or sd card parameters when this started to happen- I was checking the voltage to Main Led from board pos and neg pads when saber started to show signs of auto power down.

I would like assistance in getting my LED3 to power on when the saber is in use.
I would also like any suggestions for the sudden powering off.

thanks,

What kind of battery pack? (BE SPECIFIC!!!!)