Hi!
The 2 red LEDs are dead in two of my VV sabers
Before I send them for repair, I would like to know if somebody has seen this issue before, and if there is a potential way to solve it by myself.
I will describe the sequence of events:
1. I fully charged the trustfire 18650 batteries (at 4.2V) of both sabers at the end of January 2019.
2. I didn’t use them until March 26th, 2019.
3. On that date, when I turned on the Rev-N on a sithy font, the red LED was not working at all. I cycled through all of the colors, and could only see the blue and green LEDs being turned on.
4. I downloaded the original SD setup which I got from VV and got the same result. Everything was working except for the red LED. Then, I reverted back to my own setup.
5. I thought the red LED just died! Things get broken.
6. The Havoc was fully working. That is, everything including the red LED.
7. I decided to fully charge the batteries (at 4.2V) of both sabers. One took 2 hrs spot on, and the other one 2:15 hrs.
8. I placed the batteries back in the sabers. It’s important to mention that I don’t assign batteries to each saber; that means, I use them randomly.
9. I turned the Rev-N and the same behavior persists. This is expected.
10. I turned on the Havoc and now it has the exact same behavior as the Rev-N!!! The red LED is not working, but everything else is!!! So, is it one bad battery or is the charger damaging the PCB protection of the batteries? Or, something else?
I don't blame CS3.0 soundboards because they have been working great for 2.5+ years. What should I check?
Regards.