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    It's the one you recommended...
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    http://mouser.com/ProductDetail/Tyco...yG9AI6JA%3d%3d

    As for you Vos Malek...
    I honestly think that
    1. You took your battery positive and sliced it for the LED positive
    2. you wired it incorrectly (easy to do, the first time I wired it in backwards...)

    I have an accent LED wired directly to the LED and that one flashes a little, But the main one is powered off of the batts.
    Last edited by cardcollector; 12-18-2009 at 07:11 PM.
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    Quote Originally Posted by cardcollector View Post
    It's the one you recommended...
    Oh. Nevermind.

    I've used relays in other setups, but still haven't tried it with the cheap Hasbro boards. I'll give it a go. Thanks.
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    Quote Originally Posted by cardcollector View Post
    As for you Vos Malek...
    I honestly think that
    1. You took your battery positive and sliced it for the LED positive
    2. you wired it incorrectly (easy to do, the first time I wired it in backwards...)

    I have an accent LED wired directly to the LED and that one flashes a little, But the main one is powered off of the batts.
    I figured it out. I wired it right. I just used a resistor instead of a buckpuck on this one, so I had to splice the negative off the battery pack.

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    Quote Originally Posted by cardcollector View Post
    Here is a new one I just made up


    This should work... I'm going to test it right now.

    EDIT!!!
    It works great.
    I'm rusty with my schematics so bear with me.

    Is there a resistor between the relay and the LED on the positive wire?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dakarn View Post
    I'm rusty with my schematics so bear with me.

    Is there a resistor between the relay and the LED on the positive wire?
    Yes, but it can be on either side of the LED (+ or -), and depending on the LED and battery setup, you may not need a resistor at all.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Matt Thorn View Post
    Yes, but it can be on either side of the LED (+ or -), and depending on the LED and battery setup, you may not need a resistor at all.
    Thanks, I'm doing the same setup as cardcollector using the Darth Vader Force Action boards so the schematic is exactly what I was looking for.

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    Keep an eye on the relays. I just had to replace one.

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    Quote Originally Posted by vargose View Post
    Keep an eye on the relays. I just had to replace one.
    What kind did you use?

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    Quote Originally Posted by vargose View Post
    Keep an eye on the relays. I just had to replace one.
    I broke one of these when soldering to it. They aren''t that sturdy.

    But I mounted mine to the heatsink and I think it is pretty safe.
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    If you plan to do some serious action, it would be best to mount the relay to a PCB and affix the PCB inside the hilt.
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