GCRyder
12-19-07, 02:02 PM
The lovely Mrs. got me an early Christmas present, a Cygolite DualCross setup. This has dispelled my doubts about LEDs. It's definitely brighter than the 15W Planet Bike Alias halogen I've been using for the past two years. BUT, unlike the Planet Bike product, this model did not come with a smart charger. I've seen references to using a lamp timer for a work-around to keep from frying the battery, but my search for specifics turned up empty. If anyone has found a good solution, I'd love to read about it here.
Looking at a couple of local stores, I noticed that most of the timers they carry have a 24-hour cycle. If you set the timer to give juice to your charger for 8 hours today, and don't unplug it, it will get another dose tomorrow. I did find one timer by Woods with a weekly cycle at the local Big Lots store for $4.50:
http://www.woods.com/images/timers2-bg.jpg
I assume this will give me more peace of mind and margin of error for forgetfulness. I don't recall the last time I went a week without using my lights. Still, it seems like the ideal would be a timer that you flip on manually and doesn't cycle at all. Anyone here found an inexpensive one that they can recommend?
Looking at a couple of local stores, I noticed that most of the timers they carry have a 24-hour cycle. If you set the timer to give juice to your charger for 8 hours today, and don't unplug it, it will get another dose tomorrow. I did find one timer by Woods with a weekly cycle at the local Big Lots store for $4.50:
http://www.woods.com/images/timers2-bg.jpg
I assume this will give me more peace of mind and margin of error for forgetfulness. I don't recall the last time I went a week without using my lights. Still, it seems like the ideal would be a timer that you flip on manually and doesn't cycle at all. Anyone here found an inexpensive one that they can recommend?
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