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OK, what time will you be over to do my soldering for me? Shall we say around 7pm tonight?
The output of the battery goes to the switch, output of switch goes to the regulator. Once the switch is depressed, the output of the battery energizes the regulator. Once the regulator is energized with the 6 or more volts, it outputs the regulated 5volts that goes to the atty. The negative side of the battery is connected to the ground pin of the regulator and outer housing of the battery connector. Here's a diagram I created.
I believe the resistor you are referring to is for LED, if you don't include a LED then you don't need any resistor.
so in that picture if your ground is a copper pipe youd have to take the 2nd lead on the regulator and attach it to the body of the pipe?
Yes. Doesn't matter whether it's on positive or negative, just as long as the circuit is opened at the battery before your circuit
You are correct, center pin would need to attach to body. Since you are doing copper, most likely the easiest way would be to solder wire from center pin to the battery connector outer body, since I'm sure it'll be directly connected to the copper body.
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