Ahh thanks! Super helpful illustrations.
On Wednesday, September 28, 2016 at 3:08:14 PM UTC-4, Peter White wrote:
>
> Actually, shorting the terminals will do no damage at all, at least not to
> any Schmidt hub. And I doubt it would damage any other dynamo hub. It's
> nothing to worry about.
>
Actually, shorting the terminals will do no damage at all, at least not to
any Schmidt hub. And I doubt it would damage any other dynamo hub. It's
nothing to worry about.
Also, the drag the OP noticed with the bike upside-down is real, but the
effect is exaggerated if there's little or no mass
See this thread and what was said
https://groups.google.com/forum/m/#!searchin/rbw-owners-bunch/Drag/rbw-owners-bunch/XtLm5IU2xpE
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I would check with Peter White, but my guess is that shorting the terminals on
hub would be very, very bad for the hub.
I ride with dyno hubs on several bikes. With modern hubs and LED lights, the
drag is negligible. Turning the lights off reduces the drag even more, but I
like to have them
To the question posed in the original post:
The drag will be the same. Unplugged or Off, the load on the hub is the same.
It's an open circuit.
The thing I don't know is what the drag would be if you shorted the hub
terminals together
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Hi all,
I was curious about the effect on drag of turning my dynamo headlight on or
off.
So I flipped my bicycle over, spun the wheel, and compared "light on" to
"light off." The answer, unremarkably, is that the dynamo does cause some
drag. Maybe more than I expected.
But I'm curious - can
