Newbie Alert!! Need some help First stomp box Lighted A/B Switch

[Shnake]

Hi all,

I am purchasing a 3PDT switch that I will be using to set up my A/B switch.  The place where I am purchasing from sells a PCB for the switch.

My goal is to have an A/B switch with two LED's to show which output is active.  It will be powered by either a DC jack or 9V battery.  If the DC jack is being used it will cutoff the 9V battery.  I am also wiring a 1/4 watt 100K resistor to the tip and sleeve of each output jack to (hopefully) eliminate any popping when engaging the switch.  The Input jack will be a stereo jack that will be used as an on/off switch.  When a cable is plugged in to the input jack it will be on when it is removed it will turn off.  Stomp box is metal.

What I am confused about is how to use the PCB for the switch with the wiring diagram I have. 

The diagram I have shows the following:

The switch has 9 poles.  The Tip lead from Output 1 runs to the Upper left pole.  That pole is then connected (jumped?) to the lower left pole.  The Tip Lead from Output 2 runs to the lower left pole and that is connected to the upper right pole on the switch.  The Center Right pole on the switch is connected to the Tip of the Input jack.  The Center Top pole is connected to the short side of LED 1.  The Center Center pole is connected to the sleeve of the Input Jack then to Output jack 2, and it is connected to the Right Most center pole.  The Center Bottom pole is connected to the short pole of LED2.  The Output Jack Sleeves are also connected together and the black lead from the DC Jack   (The run goes from sleeve of output one to sleeve of output two to the DC Jack.  A resistor (1K) is connected to the long side of the LED's and to the DC Jack.  The DC Jack cutoff lead is run to the + battery lead.  The - Battery lead is run to the Ring of the stereo Input Jack. 

So, questions...How do I wire the PCB board so it makes all the jumps I need?  Second I was planning on using 2 LED's mounted in a bezel with a resistor and shrink wrapped wires. So a self contained unit for my LED's

Here is a link to the PCB.   http://www.bitcheslovemyswitches.com/#!/3PDT-Wiring-Board/p/39208323/category=10252302

Any help you can provide would be great!

[antonis]

I don't know your PCB wiring (although it's easy to guess or simply turn it backwards..) but you'll need a diferent PCB for 2 LEDs, like below:



or make some wiring mods to your PCB, in accordance to this drawing:

[GibsonGM]

Welcome to the forum, Shnake! 

If you have a stable enclosure, you really don't NEED the PCB, at all.   This could all be wired up point to point.  Just pointing that out...nothing lost, really, as you pretty much paid for the switch and jacks.   You can either mod that PCB, or point to point, if you wish to have the other LED....

[karis12]

Slight thread hack: is it really acceptable to use 100k pulldown resistors on the send/out jacks as opposed to 1meg or 1meg? I've always thought the guitar needs at least 1meg for the least amount of loading.