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11-19-05 | 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by TCNJ2UofM

After searching high and low throughout the Commuting forum, I finally decided that I needed to start a new thread to get my question answered.

I really like the ideas in the "Total Geekiness" thread, but I need a light that has a simple, clean, quick release mounting system (I'm a student and I'll need to take the light off of the bike a few times per day).

So I searched on and found a post by dobber in the "What's a good, really bright bike light?" that talked about converting a $20, 6v/5w Nite Hawk Nomad into a 12v/20w headlight for under $50 total. The only problem is that the conversion involved solder and I do not have a soldering iron.

Can anyone help me find and convert a cheap headlight into a more powerful light as simply as possible?

Thanks

You could go with this and a 15 W bulb from either Niterider or from http://www.batteryspace.com/index.as...S&Category=854. You could use 7.2V RC car batteries for the power and you'd only have to get crimp connectors so that you wouldn't have to solder anything.

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