Re: Bicycle Power adaptor for Freerunner

2009-02-17 Thread Al Johnson
On Tuesday 17 February 2009, Alexander Mueller wrote: > Hey all, > is anybody out there who is using the FR on longer trips for navigation > and/or geocaching? How did you solve the power problem? > > I would love to have an adapter from my hub generator for the > Freerunner. Should not be too diff

Re: Bicycle Power adaptor for Freerunner

2009-02-17 Thread Helge Hafting
Alexander Mueller wrote: > Hey all, > is anybody out there who is using the FR on longer trips for navigation > and/or geocaching? How did you solve the power problem? > > I would love to have an adapter from my hub generator for the > Freerunner. Should not be too difficult. Something to conver

Re: Bicycle Power adaptor for Freerunner

2009-02-17 Thread Alexander Mueller
Well the SON is already on the bike... one of the reasons why I wanna use a hub generator for charging.. Alex Juergen Schinker schrieb: > Alexander Mueller wrote: >> Hey all, >> is anybody out there who is using the FR on longer trips for navigation >> and/or geocaching? How did you solve the

Re: Bicycle Power adaptor for Freerunner

2009-02-17 Thread Alexander Mueller
I think NiMH batteries hate to get overcharged, so you may want to have a protection or charging circuit in place. Alex Radek Polak schrieb: >> Hey all, >> is anybody out there who is using the FR on longer trips for navigation >> and/or geocaching? How did you solve the power problem? >> >> I

Re: Bicycle Power adaptor for Freerunner

2009-02-17 Thread Alexander Mueller
Thanks a lot. Yes, I recall having seen this article. But didnt read it back then. And of course I threw out my old c't s quite some time ago. But will have a real close look at this. Alex Konstantin schrieb: > Hi there! > >> Hey all, >> is anybody out there who is using the FR on longer trip

Re: Bicycle Power adaptor for Freerunner

2009-02-17 Thread Alexander Mueller
Michael Sheldon schrieb: > Alexander Mueller wrote: >> Hey all, >> is anybody out there who is using the FR on longer trips for navigation >> and/or geocaching? How did you solve the power problem? > > Hi Alex, > > Personally I just use a solar charger with a large waterproof panel > strapped

Re: Bicycle Power adaptor for Freerunner

2009-02-17 Thread Alexander Mueller
Ah, plenty of links. > http://geektechnique.org/projectlab/511 This looks quite nice, but the electronics from > http://www.instructables.com/id/ > How-to-Charge-Any-USB-Device-by-Riding-Your-Bike/ looks nice to me > http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/11/if_you_can_brea.php > http://fablab.

Re: Bicycle Power adaptor for Freerunner

2009-02-17 Thread Juergen Schinker
Alexander Mueller wrote: > Hey all, > is anybody out there who is using the FR on longer trips for navigation > and/or geocaching? How did you solve the power problem? > > I would love to have an adapter from my hub generator for the > Freerunner. Should not be too difficult. Something to conver

Re: Bicycle Power adaptor for Freerunner

2009-02-17 Thread Radek Polak
> Hey all, > is anybody out there who is using the FR on longer trips for navigation > and/or geocaching? How did you solve the power problem? > > I would love to have an adapter from my hub generator for the > Freerunner. Should not be too difficult. Something to convert AC to DC > and then ma

Re: Bicycle Power adaptor for Freerunner

2009-02-17 Thread Konstantin
Hi there! > Hey all, > is anybody out there who is using the FR on longer trips for navigation > and/or geocaching? How did you solve the power problem? > > I would love to have an adapter from my hub generator for the > Freerunner. Should not be too difficult. Something to convert AC to DC >

Re: Bicycle Power adaptor for Freerunner

2009-02-17 Thread Michael Sheldon
Alexander Mueller wrote: > Hey all, > is anybody out there who is using the FR on longer trips for navigation > and/or geocaching? How did you solve the power problem? Hi Alex, Personally I just use a solar charger with a large waterproof panel strapped over my panniers (http://www.solartech

Re: Bicycle Power adaptor for Freerunner

2009-02-17 Thread Risto H. Kurppa
On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 1:08 PM, Alexander Mueller wrote: > Hey all, > is anybody out there who is using the FR on longer trips for navigation > and/or geocaching? How did you solve the power problem? > > I would love to have an adapter from my hub generator for the > Freerunner. Should not be too

Bicycle Power adaptor for Freerunner

2009-02-17 Thread Alexander Mueller
Hey all, is anybody out there who is using the FR on longer trips for navigation and/or geocaching? How did you solve the power problem? I would love to have an adapter from my hub generator for the Freerunner. Should not be too difficult. Something to convert AC to DC and then maybe some switc