led trouble...

[zukuto skykiller]

im new to the saber scene and soldering; and i soldered a royal blue led to an anakin board. when i turn the saber on, the led blinks on once for like a second and goes out but the sound stays on.....

any ideas or help would be awesome.
thanks

[Jedi-Loreen]

We need more information to be able to help you. What LED, Lux III? What's your battery solution?

Pics of your wiring job would also be helpful.

[Lord Dottore Matto]

im new to the saber scene and soldering; and i soldered a royal blue led to an anakin board. when i turn the saber on, the led blinks on once for like a second and goes out but the sound stays on.....

any ideas or help would be awesome.
thanks

Sounds like you soldered the + pad on the LED to the HIT line rather than the VDD line. Take a picture and I will tell you for sure.

[zukuto skykiller]

its a lux III and its soldered to an mr anakin board and battery pack. ill get pics up as soon as i can. thanks guys

[Novastar]

Is there a heatsink involved in this saber?

If not... I am seeing a heatsink being ordered and shipped to your home/workshop in the future... ...

[zukuto skykiller]

yea i have a heatsink from tcss i ordered when i did my own windu conversion. i soldered a red led into it n no problem. put the blue back on, and same problems came back so i just scrapped it and am goin to order a fresh lux III

thanks everyone

[vargose]

I know the MR boards do some pretty strange things when they are low on batteries or underpowered

[zukuto skykiller]

im finding this out first hand. im learning tho so its all part of the process.

[thejedilestat]

I know the MR boards do some pretty strange things when they are low on batteries or underpowered

i was gonna say something about that my maul was the one that freaked out on me the most maybe you should try to run the led without the mr board


MTFBWY

[Novastar]

One note on troubleshooting (for most anything):

If you change out one part... but you still get the SAME problem--you've discovered that it is VERY unlikely to be that part causing said problem.

In other words--you changed the LED... yet you get the same problem = 90% chance it is NOT the LED.

It's true that I *HAVE* seen two of the same part tried in a row... both being defective... but that is some ludicrous bad luck.

Actually... many years ago when I repaired LaserJet printers... I needed to replace a fuser assembly (not a "fuse"). Simple. Common wear-'n-tear part. Common problem. Well... I replaced it... no dice. I tried a back up. STILL no dice. I chased the problem around for about TWO BLOODY HOURS... nothing...

I felt pretty high on crack, but I had a THIRD fuser assembly that was messed up / used--but functional. I tried it. IT WORKED.

Worst.
Luck.
Ever.

The problem was the fuser all along... it's just:

* Customer's fuser assembly was bad/old/broken...
* My NEW replacement fuser was defective...
* My BACKUP was defective...
* Only this POS, used, piece of junk, dirty fuser actually worked to verify the problem.

I'll never forget it. I just about threw a fit. I was like... WTF?!?! How am I supposed to REPAIR anything when all I have are a bunch of "new" pieces o' carp!!!??!?! hahahhahah.