Joined: Jan 2009
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From: New York, NY, and High Falls, NY, USA
Bikes: 1962 Rudge Sports, 1971 Raleigh Super Course, 1971 Raleigh Pro Track, 1974 Raleigh International, 1975 Viscount Fixie, 1982 McLean, 1996 Lemond (Ti), 2002 Burley Zydeco tandem
dynamo voltage regulation
Peter White says we don't have to worry about blowing out our lights with too much voltage because there is voltage cutoff circuitry. Is that in the light? I hope so. My 30- or 40-year old German-made Schwinn Approved™ bottle dynamo puts out 15 volts at fairly low speed. Is this typical? I've run my modern B&M headlight on it without anything blowing.