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Step 3The box!
I bought a huge box, you could go much smaller if you wanted too. Drill holes for the LED holders, red and green, and a hole for the switch, and two holes for the binding posts. I was retarded and drilled through the supports, which isn't a big deal but it's harder to tighten the LED holders when they are half on a post and half off. Thankfully I realized this by the time I drilled the switch. Now drill two holes for the binding posts, and screw everything together.
Okay, now connect all the wires. Put ground from the battery directly to the farthest right pin of the switch. Put the ground of the green LED and the camera circuit on the middle pin of the switch. Put the +3v of the battery pack with the positive LED and camera circuit leads. Now flick the switch and the green LED should light up. If so, turn it off and continue, if not, check your circuit and connections, then stop because you have no f*cking idea what you did wrong(note that I did this about 3 times during this project).
Assuming you have the power hooked up properly, hook up the red LED (it can only go one way, so make sure to check before you solder) and connect the capacitor outputs with the binding posts. When you flick the switch this time, the red and green leds should light up. Hopefully they do, so take your multimeter and read the output of the binding posts, should be about 500v.
Alternatively if you are using the SCR, hook the anode (first pin) to the scr, the cathode (second pin) to a binding post, and the negative of the caps to a binding post. Then take a momentary switch and hook it to the SCR's gate (third pin) and to the positive lead of the battery holder, ensuring it has power ever when the main power switch is off. This way you can safely discharge the caps without having the charger on.
I wrapped the circuit board in electrical tape and velcro'ed it to the bottom of the box.
Okay, now connect all the wires. Put ground from the battery directly to the farthest right pin of the switch. Put the ground of the green LED and the camera circuit on the middle pin of the switch. Put the +3v of the battery pack with the positive LED and camera circuit leads. Now flick the switch and the green LED should light up. If so, turn it off and continue, if not, check your circuit and connections, then stop because you have no f*cking idea what you did wrong(note that I did this about 3 times during this project).
Assuming you have the power hooked up properly, hook up the red LED (it can only go one way, so make sure to check before you solder) and connect the capacitor outputs with the binding posts. When you flick the switch this time, the red and green leds should light up. Hopefully they do, so take your multimeter and read the output of the binding posts, should be about 500v.
Alternatively if you are using the SCR, hook the anode (first pin) to the scr, the cathode (second pin) to a binding post, and the negative of the caps to a binding post. Then take a momentary switch and hook it to the SCR's gate (third pin) and to the positive lead of the battery holder, ensuring it has power ever when the main power switch is off. This way you can safely discharge the caps without having the charger on.
I wrapped the circuit board in electrical tape and velcro'ed it to the bottom of the box.
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Oct 13, 2008. 9:51 PMpaintballer9194
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allright redid this for a second time and got everything wired up properly but for some reason i still cant get the red light to come on. If anyone can see what im doing wrong with my camera circuits i would appreciate it.
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Aug 27, 2010. 2:37 PMfreerunnin1
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you have to desolder the bit of metal in the middle of the board and on both the contacts underneath solder a wire, then solder the wires to a switch, hold the switch for it to charge
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Aug 19, 2009. 5:36 AMjaycool1995
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haven't you got to push that switch.... in the middle of the board metal bit? And hold it for the cap to charge
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May 23, 2009. 9:06 AMdroyce4596
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did you try to leave it charge longer
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Aug 28, 2009. 7:07 PMbilly157
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try reversing the polarity
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Dec 23, 2008. 12:30 AMbio-logical
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i have got a kt missle switch and it only has 2 pins is their a way to configure the circuit to work with only 2 pins just hoping other wise im will just get a refund and buy one with 3 pins.
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Dec 19, 2008. 7:06 PMBodygard1117
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can you use a nine volt battery instead of AA batteries?
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Oct 11, 2008. 11:35 AMpaintballer9194
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hey i just attempted to do this project and i got the green led to turn on, but after i tried to finish wiring to get the red led it didnt work. I was wondering if someone could explain in greater detail how to wire this all together, even if a step seems simple, please include it.
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