evblazer

Ok lesson for the day. Don't leave your dinotte's or any other light's wire dangling ever.

I had removed the bag with the battery from my bike so my dinottes tailight's wire was dangling when I hung my bike up on the wall. I went to take my bike off the wall to show my wife something and stepped on the wire before lifting the bike. Instant non-functional dinotte.

Is there any magic stuff I can use to connect the wires back to their solder spots that doesn't involve shipping them back to dinotte or me ruining it with a soldering iron? The lights still work when I touch the wires to the proper pads I just need them to stay there. Sweating copper pipes I can do but I'm not a delicate situation soldering person.

Old Dirt Hill

Call Dinotte up and beg for a replacement.

mrbubbles

Solder.l

evblazer

Oh well I'll see what they'll be able to do for me and how much it'll cost. If I solder it with an iron I'm bound to destroy the whole thing.
For now I got my old pirahna 7LED submersible trailer brake light connected to 8 NIMH AAs on my bike. So far it has be running 14 hours straight on one set so I shouldn't have any problems on my commute.

I of course don't use the black rubber grommet. "All models operate from 8 to 16V" which I guess is how it worked with just 8AA. It is way too bright with 12AAs.

operator

12 aa's? That's going to be an extra like pound on your bike.

dwainedibbly

Between 3 Dinottes, a Cateye LD1000 tail light, and 2 add'l headlights, I'm using 22 AA batteries, so 12 is nothing.

cdotbois

I got the cord to my Dinotte taillight caught in my wheel sometime during New Years. I don't know how drunk I was. I took it home a soldered it fine, and I'm not too terribly great with an iron. Just get some flux and be sure not to spend too many seconds lingering on the circuit board.

I did think about sending it back. I'm sure it wouldn't be too big a deal to have them resolder the lead given their great customer service reputation, but I was too impatient. It's been working since New Years though!

evblazer

It is more then bright enough with just 8AAs.
On my old touring bike I used to have a 7lb 12V battery so 8AAs instead of the 4AAs the dinotte uses isn't bad.

Dinotte said I could just send it back and they would fix it and return it without a problem. I might take a practice solder on something with the iron I have to see how I feel and maybe I'll have a go at it so I could put it under my new light. Then I'll have 12AAs pointing rearward hmmm actually 14AA's since I have 2 in the cateye on my headrest.

BILLB58

Had a similar problem, called Dinotte, shipped it to them, it was on it's way back the next day after they received it......no charge.......great customer service!

evblazer

It lives! (On top of my 30hour on 8 2000ma battery trailer light)

dekindy

I am still kicking myself for not having the wisdom that my riding buddy had and purchased a Dinotte. And I would have spent less money also.