add in some bits of wire and liquid foam insulation
and you have yourself an expensive Campy Record water bottle that doubles as a battery.
My new homemade light should be finished this weekend just in time for the time change.
My new bike light
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Take 10 4.6ah NiMH batteries.
add in some bits of wire and liquid foam insulation
and you have yourself an expensive Campy Record water bottle that doubles as a battery.
My new homemade light should be finished this weekend just in time for the time change.
add in some bits of wire and liquid foam insulation
and you have yourself an expensive Campy Record water bottle that doubles as a battery.
My new homemade light should be finished this weekend just in time for the time change.
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not really about light bikes....
so...because im cool....i locked it!
so...because im cool....i locked it!
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HawkMt210 wrote:not really about light bikes....
so...because im cool....i locked it!
This one is 80g lighter than my NiCad bottle.
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I hope you can recharge those batteries. or else you will be making lots of them. 
MiNtzNUrMth wrote:I hope you can recharge those batteries. or else you will be making lots of them.
Yes they are.
what watt light are you using and I assume it is 12 volts? what is your burn time?
I know most cycling light manufactures use 4.5 ah batteries, did you consider going to the 9.5 ah "D" cell NiMh. I would think you would get much more burntime, or even the 4.5 ah "C" cells and save even more weight
Just curious, what your results have been I have some old light batteries that need rebuilding
Cheers!!
ps. I also noticed the charger and batteries you used are available on Ebay, how is the quality?
thanks
I know most cycling light manufactures use 4.5 ah batteries, did you consider going to the 9.5 ah "D" cell NiMh. I would think you would get much more burntime, or even the 4.5 ah "C" cells and save even more weight
Just curious, what your results have been I have some old light batteries that need rebuilding
Cheers!!
ps. I also noticed the charger and batteries you used are available on Ebay, how is the quality?
thanks
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JimmyD wrote:what watt light are you using and I assume it is 12 volts? what is your burn time?
I know most cycling light manufactures use 4.5 ah batteries, did you consider going to the 9.5 ah "D" cell NiMh. I would think you would get much more burntime, or even the 4.5 ah "C" cells and save even more weight
Just curious, what your results have been I have some old light batteries that need rebuilding
Cheers!!
ps. I also noticed the charger and batteries you used are available on Ebay, how is the quality?
thanks
I have a few different lights. For the road I use a 10w spot MR16 bulb that was custom built. This allows for a bit over 2.5 hours of burn time.
Using a D Cell based bulb would allow for longer run times but would not fit in a watterbottle. The batteries I'm using are C cell and are 40% lighter than NiCads.
The batteries I'm using can be found several places just be sure you buy ones with soldering tabs.
