Originally Posted by
fietsbob
Could just do it properly..
http://www.peterwhitecycles.com/dymotec.asp
B&M Dymotec S12: Price: $ 315.00, Bottle dynamo ..
Lumotec Oval Plus 12 (12 volt) headlight and bracket Price: $ 82.00,
$ 17.00 spare bulb, is 5 watt (12 volt)
[ its halogen , so an LED substitute is also needing to be a 5W load.]
taillights: $ 68.00, a rack mount, or $ 52.00, rear of mudguard mount..
Thank You, Fietsbob,
I was not aware that there was any 12 volt sidewall dynamo in existence. Thank you for "enlightening" me, no pun intended.
The price is a bit steep though. I once had a setup with a six volt dynamo, with a rectifier, and connected to a six volt lead-acid SLA. But someone vandalized it by shoving a screwdriver under the rectifier bridge and prying up on it, which ruined the diodes, and shorted out the battery. The vandalism occurred while I was standing near the bike, and I felt threatened by this guy, who was like 6 foot two, but the Police would not do anything about it! Well anyway, that was more than twenty years ago. After that, I went to twelve volt.
But $315 is more than I paid for the Frame, so I wouldn't put one on this bike.