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Dougmt
03-22-03, 06:14 PM
I was doing the mad scientist thing at home depot trying to revamp my light.... bought some NiMH batteries on line so I was looking for connectors... at any rate I stumbled across some 6V sealed lead acid batteries for emergency lighting. They were only $12.95 for the 6 amp hour battery.. that is an AWESOME price. If if hadn't already bought the NiMH I would have used these instead. On edit, they were the perfect size for a bike headlamp setup WITHOUT using a water bottle cage. They were smaller or about the size of two decks of cards put together, maybe 5x6 inches and fairly lightweight.
Doug

Raiyn
03-23-03, 02:02 PM
Just don't let them drain all the way down. Also you'll get a much greater service life out of the NiMH so in actuality you already had the better system.
Dougmt
03-23-03, 06:19 PM
Yeah the Nimh batts are better for certain BUT.. if someone out there is trying to put together an inexpensive system from scratch you simply could not beat this price. I got 4, 4 AH 6 Volt batteries online for 56.oo shipped. A great deal, BUT if I was doing the home depot deal for a headlight I'd go wigh the SLA 6 AH for 12 bucks.
Doug

MichaelW
03-24-03, 04:19 AM
I use a lead acid battery stuffed into a waterbottle to power my dynamo-style headlamp. Its a cheap and effective system, that is easy to maintain. The charger switches to trickle-mode automatically, so is better than most shop-supplied budget models.