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"Henry Braun" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

We're reaching the season of wet, miserable night riding in aggressive
traffic and, to celebrate this, I'm upgrading to a hub dynamo.

hooray! From your description below, you won't regret it.

Quoted message said:

I've been quite happy with the beam from my existing front lamp (when the
bottle isn't misaligned by half a millimetre, slipping in the wet,
going flat on one side, refusing to turn at all because the bearings have
failed, or just arbitrarily losing connection) and could happily avoid
paying for a fancy new lamp if I can find a weatherproof three amp
off-switch.

Can anyone suggest a supplier?

You could weatherproof a normal toggle switch.

You can get the automatic shimano switch - but that is around a tenner and
quite big.

But I hope somebody else gives a more sensible answer because I'd be vaguely
interested too.

cheers,
clive

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<[email hidden]>, Henry

Braun (') said:

We're reaching the season of wet, miserable night riding in aggressive
traffic and, to celebrate this, I'm upgrading to a hub dynamo.

I've been quite happy with the beam from my existing front lamp (when
the bottle isn't misaligned by half a millimetre, slipping in the wet,
going flat on one side, refusing to turn at all because the bearings
have failed, or just arbitrarily losing connection) and could happily
avoid paying for a fancy new lamp if I can find a weatherproof three
amp off-switch.

Juliette's Shimano Nexus dynohub came with an automatic switch - it can
be switched off or no manually but is normally left in the 'auto'
setting where a photodetector automatically switches the lights on when
the ambient light gets dim. Like I say this was part of the dynohub
package, it did not come with the headlamp.

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but pick up the pieces.

Simon Brooke said:

Quoted message said:

avoid paying for a fancy new lamp if I can find a weatherproof three
amp off-switch.

Juliette's Shimano Nexus dynohub came with an automatic switch - it can
be switched off or no manually but is normally left in the 'auto'
setting where a photodetector automatically switches the lights on when
the ambient light gets dim. Like I say this was part of the dynohub
package, it did not come with the headlamp.

Since I've already got the wheel (not the Nexus, the other one: Ultegra?)
it's a bit late, but I don't think my LBS would have thrown this in
anyway. A switch that I can mount somewhere near the handlebars would be
useful too: the forks are a long way down from a 25" frame.

Simon Brooke said:

Juliette's Shimano Nexus dynohub came with an automatic switch - it can
be switched off or no manually but is normally left in the 'auto'
setting where a photodetector automatically switches the lights on when
the ambient light gets dim. Like I say this was part of the dynohub
package, it did not come with the headlamp.

probably buried in the website 😉 but it's a separate part. Not that you
want one IMHO because these switches are filled with SMD trickery with a
mind of there own.
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On Tue, 12 Oct 2004 09:23:22 +0100, Henry Braun <[email hidden]>
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<[email hidden]>:

Quoted message said:

We're reaching the season of wet, miserable night riding in aggressive
traffic and, to celebrate this, I'm upgrading to a hub dynamo.

You'll not regret it.

Quoted message said:

I've been quite happy with the beam from my existing front lamp (when the
bottle isn't misaligned by half a millimetre, slipping in the wet,
going flat on one side, refusing to turn at all because the bearings have
failed, or just arbitrarily losing connection) and could happily avoid
paying for a fancy new lamp if I can find a weatherproof three amp
off-switch. Can anyone suggest a supplier?

If you get the Shimano Nexus hub it somes with an auto switch. If you
buy the SON you can keep your existing light as a secondary and make
up a 12V system, which is brilliant - you'd still need a switch
thobut; I used the rubber waterproof handlebar switch from a VistaLite
rechargeable lighting set, which is available as a spare part by
special order (your LBS should be able to get this).

Guy
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Henry Braun said:

We're reaching the season of wet, miserable night riding in aggressive
traffic and, to celebrate this, I'm upgrading to a hub dynamo.

I've been quite happy with the beam from my existing front lamp (when the
bottle isn't misaligned by half a millimetre, slipping in the wet,
going flat on one side, refusing to turn at all because the bearings have
failed, or just arbitrarily losing connection) and could happily avoid
paying for a fancy new lamp if I can find a weatherproof three amp
off-switch.

Can anyone suggest a supplier?

I too have suffered with the same bottle dynamo problems and have arrived at the
same solution. I now have a SON driving the original lamp set through a
push-button switch bought for just over a pound in B&Q or HomeBase. The switch
is mounted on the pannier rack as there is a handy flat platform on the top and
bits of rubber glove have been lovingly attached with cable ties to make a
waterproof coat. The wiring gets a bit messy 'cause you have to go from the SON
hub at the front all the way to the rack mounted switch and then back again to
control the front lamp. The rear lamp isn't a problem of course.

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Terry Duckmanton.

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