You may be right, but I have seen some pretty bright LED lights: so bright as to still be visible against a floor lamp. Stanley
________________________________ From: Alexander Monteclaire <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, January 8, 2009 12:21:05 PM Subject: [Nighthawk Lovers] Re: Starting problems Thanks again guys for all your input due to the winter season im waiting till spring to diagnose this issue once again......too many missed ridding seasons because of this issue. must ride.... must ride On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 10:26 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: Hello I thought of putting a LED light in my headlamp. Could solve the problem, except that it doesn't lit enough for night hawking. The regulator alone is not the solution : it is only necessary to change it because a permanent magnet alternator has not the same regulation scheme as a classical coil excited alternator. Just for information, in order to 1 decrease the current in the excitation coil 2 decrease the power taken by the headlamp, during daytime, I ride my bike with the headlamp and the excitation winding of the alternator wired in series. I had to put in place a two wire cable from the headlamp housing to the connectors under the saddle. Just a loosy trick... but it works : the bike charges badly but, at least, the alternator doesn't burn. Perhaps there would be another solution : use a current limiter device, which has a thermal derating curve giving lower limit currents when temperature increases. Any guru of electronc devices on the forum ? Best regards Jean-Pierre At 06:18 08/01/2009 -0600, you wrote: >Jean-Pierre > >Is the rectifier/regulator all I would need? $10-$15? You bet, I'd try >one! > >I'm thinking about a voltage dropping device(adjustable?) in the headlight >circuit for daytime use that would still keep me legal but drop wattage to >20 or less, and be easily switchable for nighttime use. Could even be >pulsing for greater visibility. I ride almost exclusively in the daytime. >Any ideas? > >Gene --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
