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Title: Krankosaurus LED
Post by: dcribbs1412 on November 18, 2010, 03:31:42 AM
Hi guys
wondering if this will work if I change the resistor to A2 and A3?(per madbean)
if so does the ground need to still go from A3 to B3?
any suggestions are greatly appreciated
Thanks





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Title: Re: Krankosaurus LED
Post by: jkokura on November 18, 2010, 04:45:13 AM
No that won't work. Give some time and I'll post a lesson on how 3PDT switches work.
Title: Re: Krankosaurus LED
Post by: dcribbs1412 on November 18, 2010, 02:17:29 PM
Thanks jkokura
that would be great

Title: Re: Krankosaurus LED
Post by: jkokura on November 18, 2010, 06:07:46 PM
http://www.madbeanpedals.com/forum/index.php?topic=602.msg3801#msg3801

Check out this post I made today. This explains how I wire up a 3PDT switch and in a general way how it works. If you want a better explanation of how switches work, go here:

http://www.beavisaudio.com/techpages/Switches/ (http://www.beavisaudio.com/techpages/Switches/)

Jacob
Title: Re: Krankosaurus LED
Post by: pauloman80 on November 18, 2010, 09:05:38 PM
Yeah, that was my diagram.  I was misinformed on how to do it, and I didn't discover it until after I created that diagram.   :-[  Gotta pull that image.  Jacob hit the nail on the head with this.
Title: Re: Krankosaurus LED
Post by: dcribbs1412 on November 19, 2010, 02:24:48 PM
Thanks for the info Jacob
I will try to wrap my head around your wiring
...so resistor is on top middle lug,also
thinking the right middle lug is used to go to the other switch(Krankosaurus)
thanks for your time


pauloman80
I was hoping for a "resistor on the switch solution"
it looked nice and clean...bummer it doesn't work
thanks for your time
Title: Re: Krankosaurus LED
Post by: pauloman80 on November 20, 2010, 01:12:26 PM
Yeah, I really liked the "resistor on the switch" solution.  Actually, all four of the Krank builds I've done have been like that.  So there's still a part of me that wonders why it seems to have worked vs. whether it's really not doing anything at all and the voltage going to the LED isn't getting any resistance, but if the latter is the case, will the LEDs wear out faster?  I dunno...

My pleasure to help, even though I was wrong.  ;D