Electronics, Lighting, & Gadgets - My awesome lighitng set up
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12 volt, 20 watt MR11 flood lamp overvolted with 14.4 volt battery and a $6, 9 LED flashlight:
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Night into day:
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operator
12-19-07, 10:03 PM
Nice setup. I've built about a 100 of those dahon folding bikes... :)
What do you mean? You worked at the plant?
ovrrdrive
12-20-07, 06:57 AM
That's some nice light there. What degree bulb is that?
Nachoman
12-20-07, 08:50 AM
What are you going to do for a rear light?
yamcha? is that all you do all day? troll on this site?
What the hell are you talking about? How am I trolling?
What are you going to do for a rear light?
This is what I am using:
http://www.serfas.com/product.asp?ProductID=311
It's really strong and I got it for free too.
That's some nice light there. What degree bulb is that?
30 degree flood.
I also have a few spot bulbs and I have to say that flood is much better. I use the cheap LED flashlight on surface streets just to be seen and then turn on the big light once I hit the bike paths.
operator
12-20-07, 07:03 PM
What do you mean? You worked at the plant?
I work at a bike shop. I assembled about that amount during the summer. They come out of the box extremely badly assembled.
yamcha,
What did you make the housing for the MR11 out of?
I didnt make it, I bought it from here and it is super awesome:
http://www.batteryspace.com/index.asp?PageAction=VIEWPROD&ProdID=3399
The front of it just twists off when you want to change the light bulb. No tools needed for mounting either. I constantly switch between a 20 and 35watt lamp depending on the distance of the commute.
Is the battery rechareable? I went to the website and couldn't see if it was a rechargeable or not. Looks like a great light system.
Yes it is and it comes with a fast charger. Charges in about an hour.
trueno92
05-02-08, 10:11 AM
hey i have that same $6 water proof flashlight.
its bright when like aimed perfectly 90" at the subject, but i find that its not too great for being seen as not too often someone is directly infront of you... any suggestions?