Hi,
So long story short, my bellicose has had issues for a while now. It's running an obsidian soundboard, LED ignition button, Li-ion battery setup, buck puck resistor, flash on clash.. stuff like that.
All of it works fine, on a normal day, but a normal day hasn't happened for a while now.
While I can do the wiring on my own, I was hoping someone might be able to identify the issue so I don't have to rewire the whole saber.
Yes, this voids the warranty, but its been out of warranty for a while
No, I will not send this to ULTRA, as shipping back and forth from Canada costs A TON, and will only do so if the problem is unfixable.
So the problem is this:
I hit the button to power on the saber, and instead of powering on, it makes the power down noise and refuses to start up. None of the LED's, including the power button LED, light up whatsoever while doing this.
So it sounds as though power is getting SOMEWHERE in the saber, but not throughout the whole thing, or the resistance is whacked, or the circuit is not complete or whatever. I attempted to rewire some wires that seemed as though they were damaged, although this has done nothing to fix the problem.
If anyone has any idea what the issue might be, that would be absolutely lovely, especially if you have a solution that doesn't require rewiring the whole saber. I know the wiring in these things can be finicky, but it did work once upon a time... and I would love to have it back up and running again.
I think that's about all, but if you have any questions, please ask away
- Krilleth Luxio, Grey Jedi
The Obsidian soundboard has a short-circuit protection feature that acts exactly as you described: immediately turns off the lights, then plays the power off sound and turns completely off. This prevents damage to the board in case there's a problem with wiring. My guess is that you have a short-circuit in the LED wiring or the LED itself is burned, which triggers the protection as soon as you try to turn on the saber. You should try to disconnect the LED and see if the sound starts - if yes then this is definitely the short-circuit protection.
Marius.