US 2.0 Troubleshooting

[LAN-ED-TUL]

ya let just say dont use any Quick connectors on your rechargable battery pack the batterys dont like that and the Quick connectors turn into a big gob of melted plastic and wire.fun

i thought something like that. i always cut them off and solder rechargeable batt packs in place. the smaller sized packs you might get away with it, but in that case when i runnem like that, i take it out unplug and charge the pack. the larger ones might have a meltdown though, not sure, could happen maybe.

[Strydur]

http://forums.thecustomsabershop.com...ead.php?t=6649

Please let me know if something needs to be changed/added

[Jedi Ranger]

Thanks alot Tim!!

Now I have a couple legit questions. Again, please forgive me if I missed this, but I can't see the answer in any of the posted specs/instructions for the board.

What type of memory is used? Volatile or non-volatile? Basically, will it loose the settings when replacing the batteries/fully disconnecting the power pack?

Next, what (if any) is the power draw when powered off?

[Strydur]

It will not lose the memory from what I have seen. I dont know the specs on the current draw.

[sithlordfaust]

Tim or Ultra:
Are the Limits or just the requirements?
Battery input voltage.
Maximum for board = 12V
Minimum for Luxeon 3 and K2 = 4.5V
Minimum for Luxeon 5 = 7.2V

IMPORTANT! (be sure to use the correct voltage/power with corresponding LED type)

[Strydur]

min and max would be limits..

[Jay-gon Jinn]

[QUOTE=Lord Duck;112232]

Well, what have you got for a resonance chamber? That saber in my vid uses pretty much the entire saber, but there is a 1" x 1" chamber in the pommel.

well I have about a 3" piece of pvc in the pommel and i hot glued the speaker in to it, not the best but its what was quick. do you have any suggestions?

what does your saber look like? Is it MHS based? Or is it a sink tube type? I usually just use a 3/4" pvc coupler, cut in half, like this:




Make sure there's room behind the speaker as well...if you totally close it up, it doesn't have room to resonate, and it will sound very quiet....it must be able to "breathe," so to speak.

[UltraSWG]

Made another vid with the radio shack switch mentioned in this thread. Also demonstrating the max sensitivity settings:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V8BOA0_FfGY

[kevykev707]

Just got my US 2.0 board wired up. After putting batteries in it, I don't get any sound or vocalization, but the board itself gets extremely hot.

[Jay-gon Jinn]

Just got my US 2.0 board wired up. After putting batteries in it, I don't get any sound or vocalization, but the board itself gets extremely hot.

Make sure your batteries are installed or wired correctly, and that you don't have any solder bridges on the board where your battery wires are soldered on. Excessive heat usually means a short somewhere. It would also help to know exactly what type of set-up you're running.