Tumbleweed Posted October 3, 2007 Posted October 3, 2007 does anyone who has one of these have hassles with the battery cord not connecting well with the wires from the lights?this is the second one i've owned, and i found that if i don't tape the two together, it comes apart over the smallest of bumps in the road other than that it provides great illumination
amoryns Posted October 4, 2007 Posted October 4, 2007 got the same problem as well as the battery life on these lights suck!
Tumbleweed Posted October 4, 2007 Author Posted October 4, 2007 amoryns, how long does it last do you reckon? i was planning on using it for the 24-hour in december.
oclv110 Posted October 4, 2007 Posted October 4, 2007 Have one of these as well.My unit is two years old.I can't even run it on two lights for 15 min.On one light (not bright) it lasts for a hour oclv1102007-10-04 00:48:16
Tumbleweed Posted October 4, 2007 Author Posted October 4, 2007 never needed to run it for more than an hour-and-a-half. guess there's nothing we can do about it
AndreZA Posted October 4, 2007 Posted October 4, 2007 Have one of these as well.My unit is two years old.I can't even run it on two lights for 15 min.On one light (not bright) it lasts for a hour Witch batery do you have? The bottle cage one or the flat ni-pack? I get 2 hours on 10W, 1hr on 10W+5W, 4hrs on 5W I actually ran out of time (had to go to bed so could not finish test) when tried the 10W on dim. I like this light and will be using it in the 24hr aswell. Will be getting a second battery though but it's almost cheaper to get a whole system then just the battery. Anyway, I do not have any problems with the cables either. They actually slide into each other if you apply just a bit of force. The charger to battery connection needs a little bit more persuasion but it does go it.
Tumbleweed Posted October 4, 2007 Author Posted October 4, 2007 Have one of these as well.My unit is two years old.I can't even run it on two lights for 15 min.On one light (not bright) it lasts for a hour Witch batery do you have? The bottle cage one or the flat ni-pack? I get 2 hours on 10W' date=' 1hr on 10W+5W, 4hrs on 5W I actually ran out of time (had to go to bed so could not finish test) when tried the 10W on dim. I like this light and will be using it in the 24hr aswell. Will be getting a second battery though but it's almost cheaper to get a whole system then just the battery. Anyway, I do not have any problems with the cables either. They actually slide into each other if you apply just a bit of force. The charger to battery connection needs a little bit more persuasion but it does go it. [/quote'] para, i've got the flat one. my problem isn't with it slding in, it's them sliding out that's got me the moer-in
AndreZA Posted October 4, 2007 Posted October 4, 2007 para' date=' i've got the flat one. my problem isn't with it slding in, it's them sliding out that's got me the moer-in[/quote'] I know the silver parts slide into each other but the black plastic parts also does. It really makes a nice tight seal on mine.
Tumbleweed Posted October 4, 2007 Author Posted October 4, 2007 cool, para, i'm gonna go grab it out the car (any excuse to get away from the desk) and give it another go. maybe i've been doing something wrong
AndreZA Posted October 4, 2007 Posted October 4, 2007 cool' date=' para, i'm gonna go grab it out the car (any excuse to get away from the desk) and give it another go. maybe i've been doing something wrong[/quote'] *HR get off his chair and walks towards the door, opens it, and goes outside. Walks to his car and "CRAP!, they broke into my car again. And damn, they stole my lights and Mampara's Super Six"*
amoryns Posted October 4, 2007 Posted October 4, 2007 got the smallest battery..think it is ni-pack...doesn't even last an hour
AndreZA Posted October 4, 2007 Posted October 4, 2007 got the smallest battery..think it is ni-pack...doesn't even last an hour Is dit as jy altwee ligte saam gebruik? Onthou net, jy kan nie die battery charge en eers oor 'n paar dae gebruik nie en jy kan ook nie dit op charge los nie. So jy moet maar 'n gewoonte maak om dit op charge te sit die aand voor jy die nodig het.
Tumbleweed Posted October 4, 2007 Author Posted October 4, 2007 cool' date=' para, i'm gonna go grab it out the car (any excuse to get away from the desk) and give it another go. maybe i've been doing something wrong[/quote'] *HR get off his chair and walks towards the door, opens it, and goes outside. Walks to his car and "CRAP!, they broke into my car again. And damn, they stole my lights and Mampara's Super Six"* that's hilarious
The Crazy German Posted October 5, 2007 Posted October 5, 2007 Got the heavy not so good batteries but they last me easily over 4 hours on 5 watts 2 hours on 10 watt. Though you need to fully load em the first times and almost depleat em fully to. If you only charge em half or deload em half or even worse totally defleat em then you are gonna kill the battery life very very fast. Thats why they have the colour indications green orange(speed home) leave it till its turn red and then put it off and recharge the thing. I love mine though regret not to have gone for the light battery pack.
Tumbleweed Posted October 5, 2007 Author Posted October 5, 2007 german guy, any idea how much an extra battery's gonna cost me?
AndreZA Posted October 5, 2007 Posted October 5, 2007 german guy' date=' any idea how much an extra battery's gonna cost me?[/quote'] About R800 but you get charger with it. Cheaper to buy a complete system.
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