Light build

[Borriz]

I've read all the posts on the light build, and despite being fond of DIY projects, the mere fact of soldering and working out the electronics freaks me out. Been a while since I last had my nose in a electronic engineering handbook.

 

So I'm doing bit of investigation of my own to reinvent and existing light system by tweaking so variables and trying to keep as much as possible constant.

 

What I gather from the posts to date, the variables are:

Light (as normal, but I want to know if LEDs work the same as std light bulbs)

"mother board" or control unit

Battery / power

 

I've got a Topeak WhiteLite DX unit. It has 3 super bright LEDs with intensity specs 4 (Lux/5M) and 1.8 (Lux/10M).

 

My question is:

Can one increase the intensity output if one increases the size of battery (input)?

Or will the specs of the light provided act as resistance and still only be limited to its output?

 

Thoughts?

[bradjackson]

It sounds like you are in the same place I was a year ago.

 

I spent copious amounts of time reading up and learning a whole lot about lights (LED in particular) and batteries and charging circuits, etc.

 

My intention was to build my own monster LED bike light.

 

 

 

In the end what brought a sudden halt to the whole DIY idea for me was the release of the Magicshine bike light onto the market.

 

I could no longer justify the expense and effort of DIY'ing, when this light met all my requirements, and at such an attractive price point.

 

I still have intentions of building up my own battery packs for the Magicshine (smaller & larger packs for varied run-times and weights). Which should be enough to satisfy my DIY aspirations. I am also generally a DIY kind of guy but am not particularly clued up on electronics.

 

 

 

I don't think you will get much gain out of tweaking your existing Topeak light.

 

 

 

If you are still keen on DIY, I suggest a good starting point for you would be the MTBR DIY forums. There are lots of very helpful people on there, and most of your questions would have already been answered by someone on there.

[Borriz]

Did you buy one of these? The pictures looks amazing and the price is awesome!

[bradjackson]

Yes I bought my first one online from overseas soon after they were released.

 

Was so impressed with it that I ordered more which I have sold.

 

And now I have just received my 3rd batch. Check my signature for the link to my site where you can buy them.

 

 

 

They really are fantastic little lights.