Standlight function is key, and while my soldering skills are passable, my
love of schematics/acquiring not tiny enough electronics add-ons, is nil.
Thanks for the advice all, new toplight is on the way, battery powered is
moving to the trailer.
Much Obliged
-Kai
On Wednesday, July 1, 2015 at
I generally agree; it ain't worth it... UNLESS of course you're
retro-fitting to achieve a particular look. I'm attempting this for a
project where I want to use a SOMA chrome fender-mounted light (Anton I
wish I had seen your light first!!)... I gutted the light and retrofitted
the dyno-guts
As Anton points out (and if you don't know he's possibly done more light
conversions than anyone on the list), it's not worth it. Aside from the
wiring etc, a battery powered light will be bigger then a dyno one (to have
room for the batteries), with the cost of rear dyno lights in the $20
Hi Kai,
It's technically feasible, but probably not worth it. First you'd have to
determine what voltage your light was built for (how many batteries does it
take, what type, and how are they connected-- series or parallel?).
Dynamos output 6V nominally. Then you'd have to create a bridge
I did it to a BM 4D. It was pretty easy with the only downside being I
never got a proper RC set-up so as to have stand-light capability. It's
been some 5 years and I haven't thought about batteries a single time since.
I'd say if you've worked on electronics previously have at it. It's been
