What switch should I use?? touch or illuminated?

[Jedi-Loreen]

Um, if you are going direct drive, right from the battery to the LED (with the proper resistor) you will need a LATCHING switch, not a momentary. (Latching switches are used with just a buck puck, too. And with FX sound boards.)

Momentaries are only for certain sound boards, like the Ultrasound and the economy Hasbro boards.

[cardcollector]

it took a while to find it. the people don't normally sell to end user but I got them to send one as "a sample"
It is from "Baran Tec inc." in clifton, NJ
P# SMF1AAW1N
I talked to Diane T. Bersen VP sales

Ok, I wasn't very clear... Is that for the orange one???

[davidg1904]

Ok, I wasn't very clear... Is that for the orange one???

no thats the touch one. the orenge one you can build any color, ring or dot LED 12mm 16mm 19mm and 22mm also they costom laser etch it at:
http://www.thehoffmangroup.com/keepi...mbilletbuttons
or custom build at:
http://www.thehoffmangroup.com/buttonBuilder

[davidg1904]

Um, if you are going direct drive, right from the battery to the LED (with the proper resistor) you will need a LATCHING switch, not a momentary. (Latching switches are used with just a buck puck, too. And with FX sound boards.)

Momentaries are only for certain sound boards, like the Ultrasound and the economy Hasbro boards.

to tell you the truth i don't even know what a buckpuck is for. I do know however that I could buy a small latching relay that I could engage with a montary switch.

[Jedi-Loreen]

Oh, that's right, you did mention a latching relay, sorry I forgot about that.

A buck puck is basically a simple driver that feeds the LED a constant voltage and makes more efficient use of the batteries.

A resistor just bleeds of excess voltage as heat, but doesn't keep the current at a constant rate, when the battery voltage starts to die, so does the current.

[Rhyen Skytracker]

If that latching switch is 16 mm you can use this as a spacer. They work great. http://www.thecustomsabershop.com/Be...ches-P448.aspx

[davidg1904]

If that latching switch is 16 mm you can use this as a spacer. They work great. http://www.thecustomsabershop.com/Be...ches-P448.aspx

yeah but i'll have to wait untill he makes more or i make one thanks though!

[davidg1904]

Tie breaker still needed!!!!!!!!!!!! Please help I’m indecisive and I want to get it done.

[djobitwan7]

I love the illuminated switches, but I've never seen anybody use the touch switch before. I had an idea to build the saber Luke built when he turned Sith and that saber could only be activated by the force, so......my thought was to have something touched to activate that saber too.

I didn't know just a "touch switch" existed, so I say have something a lot of people don't have or use yet. Either way you'll love it.