You know, the stupid thing is, I was thinking of trying to connect the transistor base directly to 5v to see if the Arduino was the problem, I really don't know why I didn't do that. I guess that's why my profile says "Newbie" 
You know, the stupid thing is, I was thinking of trying to connect the transistor base directly to 5v to see if the Arduino was the problem, I really don't know why I didn't do that. I guess that's why my profile says "Newbie"