For Christmas I and my Girlfriend decided to give the gift of Lightsabers. Well at least saber parts. She ordered a Red/Orange Lux 3 kit, and I ordered two Amber Lux 3 Kits.
These being my 1st saber projects I didn’t do anything fancy. I simply followed the tutorials as closely as possible. I started with the Red/Orange kit and with in an hour or so was rewarded with an incredibly bright Red blade. I honestly can’t make out any orange. But who cares, the blade is beautiful.
Spurred on by my initial success, the next day I started on my Amber. I wired every thing just as I had before and soon was rewarded by a soft yellow light. The problem is that it is very soft…one could say dim even. Thinking it might be a problem with the LED I tested it on the other Amber LED. It to was very pale. I went ahead and tried it in the blades I have. (One a stock MR Darth Maul, and the other an Ultra saber Darth maul.) In both cases the blade was very pale with the middle looking as if it wasn’t even turned on. Soooo… Any Ideas on what I might have done wrong? I used the exact same wiring set up, and all of the same parts. (Those provided in the basic 3W kit.) Any suggestions you could give would be greatly appreciated. The color is a beautiful yellow. It’s just not bright enough to light the blade.
Thanks,
JMT
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