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Peter Signorini
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"Zebee Johnstone" wrote:
> Well right now I have a homebrew battery setup half made - the rest
> will be done tonight once I have done this stuff work wants me to do.
>
> 1 55 watt, 1 10 watt. The 10 will be the usual one, the 55 will be
> "high beam"....
>
> A while with that and I'll have a much better idea of what I need.
> And will probably go to dynamo if the battery gives me the *****.
>
> Major hassle I can see with dynamo is not having enough light after
> playing withthat...
Are you planning to ride around the streets in town with that, or off-road
trails and country lanes?
If it's around town you're really going overkill. Even on quiet residential
streets there's enough ambient lighting from street lights, home lighting,
city light loom, etc, that a good 3W light should be quite OK. Your main
traffic concern is the rear anyway, and a couple of bright LED flashers and
well placed reflectors will set you up in that regard.
These super-duper batttery light sets are often poorly designed and actually
a hazard for other cyclists, especially on the bike paths. Think 'high-beam
blindness'. Proper bike lights for road use (eg. 3W dynamo lights) have
better optics that cuts out the high beam element. In the extreme case of a
55W light, do you really want to blind that car driver approaching you a
80kmh?
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Cheers
Peter
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> Well right now I have a homebrew battery setup half made - the rest
> will be done tonight once I have done this stuff work wants me to do.
>
> 1 55 watt, 1 10 watt. The 10 will be the usual one, the 55 will be
> "high beam"....
>
> A while with that and I'll have a much better idea of what I need.
> And will probably go to dynamo if the battery gives me the *****.
>
> Major hassle I can see with dynamo is not having enough light after
> playing withthat...
Are you planning to ride around the streets in town with that, or off-road
trails and country lanes?
If it's around town you're really going overkill. Even on quiet residential
streets there's enough ambient lighting from street lights, home lighting,
city light loom, etc, that a good 3W light should be quite OK. Your main
traffic concern is the rear anyway, and a couple of bright LED flashers and
well placed reflectors will set you up in that regard.
These super-duper batttery light sets are often poorly designed and actually
a hazard for other cyclists, especially on the bike paths. Think 'high-beam
blindness'. Proper bike lights for road use (eg. 3W dynamo lights) have
better optics that cuts out the high beam element. In the extreme case of a
55W light, do you really want to blind that car driver approaching you a
80kmh?
--
Cheers
Peter
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~~ ~ _- \,
~~ (*)/ (*)