[ovwthrillseekr]

Yea they are both in there.

[ovwthrillseekr]

I think I'm going to install the video game lighting system

[ovwthrillseekr]

I removed the potentiometer from the GBFans sound board and attached wires to the proper sound board leads. I then ran the wires through the split less loom and soldered the wire leads to the potentiometer. From there, I removed the screw from the side metal knob and put the potentiometer in it's place. I had to widen the hole slightly on the metal knob. A couple drops of epoxy later and I have a new volume adjustment knob.

[Venkman's Swagger]

Nice touch

[PssdffJay]

Sweet! Any distortion?

[ovwthrillseekr]

No none at all. Is that a common problem when attaching reattaching potentiometers? My biggest concern has been the attachment of the metal knob to the potentiometer. The picture shows the potentiometer mildly angled through the gun body hole. When I put epoxied it in place, I made sure it was straight and secure to the metal knob. It's on there like a rock right now but with alot of use (considering how much Ghostbusting I do), I'm worried it will come loose. I could just be paranoid.

[PssdffJay]

I'm not sure. I thought I had read somewhere that it could be an issue, but I'm probably wrong.

[ovwthrillseekr]

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Well I added another mod to the gun. I imagine this will be the last update to this thread as I'm pretty happy with everything as it is right now. You never know though!

After seeing Stantz's vent light in GB2, I've been obsessed with having a vent light that would produce the same effect. Even on the brightest setting, the GBFans gun vent light always seemed a little dim to me. So..... I added 12 LED's to the mix.

I purchased this 5V - 12 LED Super Bright White LED Board off eBay (Link: http://pages.ebay.com/link/?nav=item.vi ... 0864031979) for $4 total:





I desoldered the GBFans Gun Vent Light and let this guy join the party to this result:











So yea... That's all I got.

[PssdffJay]

Was that a direct swap or did you have to do any fancy trickery?

[ovwthrillseekr]

Just cut the positive and negative lead to the GBFans vent light and then soldered those leads to the leads of the new bright LED. Pretty easy to do. Took a couple minutes.

[Parflagush]

Good job, man! I like that vent light mod you did. Is it really as bright as it appears in the photo? I also like that you put the volume control on your thrower. I want to do something like that for mine in the future.

[ovwthrillseekr]

Yea it's pretty bright. There might be something better out there but this is the best I could find. I tried Radio Shack LEDs, Spongeface's Super Bright Barrel Flash Kit (which would've been good but I didn't want a reflector in my gun), and anything I could get my hands on. This has been the best solution I've come across.

[ovwthrillseekr]

It may be time to build an aluminum thrower. We've had a good run together and you may be fixable, but my friend aluminum is calling my name.

[gbchef]

Ouch! What happened?

[ovwthrillseekr]

It fell off my key fob while hanging on my belt during the San Diego Boo Parade. Cracked as soon as it hit the pavement.

[gbchef]

Yeah...that would do it. Time for aluminum I invested in franchesky 's thrower holster...I highly recommend it!