Lighting on a bike

[NotSoBigBen]

uuuuhhhhhhmmmmmm Thug, the long awaited trail test?

 

Konafan those are all the 50mm types which won't work so well in my existing normal downlighter setup (smaller ones)! Pity!

[Canaris]

I have discover an option that work:

 

 

 

Option:

 

 

 

50mm pill container (most vitamin pills and moducare ext use this size container)---No cost

 

Some rip cord ---you should have some of this at home

 

One switch----R5 max

 

Some curcuit connecters R20 at Midas or builder wharehouse

 

One x 20W downlight R5 - R68 depending on taste

 

two tie cords (you must have)

 

Length of double sided velcor R10

 

12V battery -R50 at Midas

 

 

 

Drill two holes in the base of the pill container (one for wire and one for switch

 

TRim a big hole carefully the top of the lid (you will use this to fix the downlight into the pill container)

 

 

 

Connect all the goodies.

 

 

 

KonaFan2007-08-16 08:10:21

[Canaris]

Okay it is a bit cryptic but I will post the pics when I am happy woith mach 2

[NotSoBigBen]

Be careful of the pillboxes, should they not be strong enough you can get 'melt down'! Those lights, not the LED ones luckily, create quite a bit of heat. May be better with the LED ones.

That's pretty much what I have now with the smaller 38mm (I think) downlighters (not LED). Used some hobby type bottles but they melted. Now using stronger irrigation type fittings!

[Canaris]

I have tested MAch 1 with a osram low heat halogen (which is a completely sealed unit. After half an hour (battery life) it was hot but not close to melting. I suppose a cheaper halogen would have melted it.

 

 

 

Another good reason to go LED.

[Canaris]

Hi Graeme

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

As this point in time we don’t distribute through a distributor to keep costs down.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

For down-lighters we are only focusing on the high powered LED technology, and therefore we have discontinued the through-hole 21 pc MR16 light sources.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Our existing MR16 3w has a similar intensity to a 20W halogen globe in the centre of the beam, however total illumination over a radius of 2 metre is about 1/3 of that of the 20W halogen. In other words the LED MR16 3w creates more of a spot light effect. (This solution is not dimmable) The cost of the MR16 3w is R150

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We have recently developed a MR16 3x3w light sources using the latest Edison high powered LEDs which includes the fitting, and is dimmable via a RF controlled dimmer switch. This is more on a par to a halogen light source; and the cost is around R400.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Kind regards

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pierre

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LED Lighting SA

 

 

 

T: +27 21 448 8333

 

 

 

F: +27 21 448 8335

 

 

 

www.ledlighting.co.za

 

 

 

Light Empowers Design

[Canaris]

tested a 3W LED downlight.

 

Findings:

 

 

 

On a 12V battery, same effect as about 9W bulb but lasts the whole night (over 4 hours with NO loss of light)

[TitusTi]

Where do you live that a whole night is 4 hours long?

[Canaris]

Titus, the initial test was as follows:

 

saterday: 3 hrs

 

sunday: 2hrs

 

monday: 3 hrs

 

 

 

and no loss of quality in the light.

 

ergo I am willing to beleive that the light should last for another 3 or so hours, giving me the 12 hours needed to "deur nag" on a 24hr ride without having to find batteries or recharge.

[GoLefty!!]

but a 9W halogen is pretty dim..

[Canaris]

most commercial lights only make 10W on a fully charged battery and last for a max of 2-3hrs

[mountain_lion]

 

now go to:

 

 

 

http://www.spero.co.za/products/led_cap_lamp.html

 

 

 

thats 2000 Lux avaialble in a ready to use product in the good ol' RSA.

 

 

 

Night no more

 

So has anybody tried one of these?

 

Battery type and voltage?