Guardian LED Upgrade: So this keeps happening...

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So this keeps happening...

https://youtu.be/4QAYVWeU5SA
https://youtu.be/aCUykgwUAFw

This has to be a voltage issue, yes??

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So this keeps happening...

https://youtu.be/4QAYVWeU5SA
https://youtu.be/aCUykgwUAFw

This has to be a voltage issue, yes??

Batteries are all intact?  Sometimes, my Lite Sound board does that when a AAA battery is slightly misaligned from the contact point.   Also, trace positive wires back to the battery and make sure that everything's intact. 

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So, just FYI: this is a custom led setup. I’m running the red and blue on the main, and green on the FOC. I have a 2.7ohm in-line with the red pos, and a 1.5 ohm on the blue. The green has a 1. The 1.5v alkaline bats won’t start it for a second. But the 1.2 nimh bats run it for a tad longer. I think the nimh have more amperage. That’s why I was unsure about weather it was a voltage issue or not. On a side note- I tested with just the red led mid troubleshooting and it runs for a sec but still turns off.

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Ok. Figured it out. Definitely voltage. In that all those batteries were too low to power all those leds! I had to open a new pack of nimh rechargeables to get it to fully fire up.

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Ok. Figured it out. Definitely voltage. In that all those batteries were too low to power all those leds! I had to open a new pack of nimh rechargeables to get it to fully fire up.

Haha. Batteries were my first guess. Glad that it was just that

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Yeah I'm late to the party but was going to say make sure the batteries where fully charged or new.

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Better late than never bubba!! You’re always welcome!!

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I've also run into tripping the PCB protection circuit on the batteries; they make 10amp 18650's that are usually suited for Neopixel builds due to the amperage draw, but I have found I needed them in a few of my builds cause when a lot starts going on the saber would reboot.