Help - MR Sound wiring = I'm stumped

**Habbena** · 05-18-2008, 07:03 PM

OK I have done a couple of DIY's from ULTRA but I am definitely a newbie. I gutted a Yoda sabers soundboard and am trying to install it into my new MHS. Here is the problem:
I have wired the negative from the LED to the bundle of wires. I have wired the positive to the outside two wires. Now when I attach the battery pack the LED automatically comes on. The on/off switch is wired to the two ON/OFF wires from the soundboard and when turned on the sound comes on and intensify the LED's brightness.

Anybody have any words of help as to why the LED is on all the time and how to correct (ie to enable to LED to corresponde to the ON OFF switch)?

Thanks!

**Dark Navel** · 05-18-2008, 07:30 PM

What kind of switch are you using? I may be wrong, if I am I'm sure someone will correct me...,but I think you need a latching DPDT switch...or at least a latching..

The one you have there..Is that a momentary??

**Habbena** · 05-18-2008, 07:35 PM

No its not momentary, this is the switch that comes with the LED LuxIII Kit so I believe it is latching.

**Lord Maul** · 05-18-2008, 07:40 PM

Make sure you don't have a solder bridge between the two switch leads where they connect to the sound board. Other than that I can't think of anything...

**eastern57** · 05-18-2008, 08:25 PM

Habbena, I've had this problem before, only mine was a 616 (joe jedi). Same thing: LED stayed on all the time, and the switch only turned on/off the sound.

I can assure you that your problem has nothing to do with your wiring. I still don't know what causes this problem, but it's the actual board. I would guess an onboard switch was damaged, because the sound works, the LED is connected properly, they just don't work together... it's not you, it's the board.

I still haven't been able to fix mine... sorry, it happens...

**Habbena** · 05-18-2008, 09:05 PM

Thanks for the help. I am probably just going to ditch this soundboard if its the board and start afresh with another one.

Thanks again!

**eastern57** · 05-18-2008, 09:25 PM

Originally Posted by Habbena

Thanks for the help. I am probably just going to ditch this soundboard if its the board and start afresh with another one.

Thanks again!

No, don't throw it away. If the sound still works, you can still use it. Lots of people use these boards just for the sound. just get a resistor or puck and DPDT switch, and follow the diagram that works for you...

http://forums.thecustomsabershop.com...ead.php?t=4866