Originally Posted by
kando
In which way?
It seems like most of the setup mentioned is possible and realistic.
I understand that the perfect setup is not available,
and that I'll need to take what I can get.
I just posted what I'd considered,
in hopes that someone might question
any part of my thought process which seemed skewed.
I'm a newb here, so I was making sure no one said
"[this] won't work with [that]" or
"you're going to need a [this] also" or
something along those lines.
I'm probably going to go with the B&M.
I posted what I'd found about it;
I can at least come back after a long while
and post my experiences with it, since it sounds great.
G'day Kando,
I suggest a little more reading and research to find out exactly what you can expect to be able to charge so your not horribly disappointed having spent a small fortune first.
I have a dynohub on my bikes front wheel and an E-werk and a cache battery.
I initially got the dynohub to power my Edelux headlight and was lucky enough to come across tales of the E-werk in other forums.
The unit has little output when the lights are on but as I don't tour in the dark due to the impossibility of finding a campsite in the dark, its not an issue for me and the lights get the bulk of their use commuting.
I found I could successfully keep on top of my touring power needs, most of the time, by keeping my phone switched off when not using it and charging alternately my Garmin Edge, my Petzl rechargeable headlight torch and my phone.
I need to think ahead and prioritise my charging and thinking how many hours will put how much charge into each item.
Tricky at first but no real issue once you've got the swing of things.
The E-werk can be set up for varies voltages and amperages but mines set up to at normal USB output as electrickery is way over my head and I simply like my fit and forget system.
I've since bought another dynamo hub and E-werk for my trailer in anticipation of purchasing a Sony camera which can be charged via USB, as well as a larger than my bikes cache (storage) battery to assist keeping my tablet in power.
I came across a utube clip of a bloke with the same trailer as me with dynohub. He has added wind vanes to his trailer wheel so when parked up, he turns his trailer upside down to take advantage of any decent breeze to keep his trailer charging when he not cycling.
Some new technology suggesting even greater power from dynohubs is the Forumslader, but I'll have to let you research that one yourself as I've not heard much about it yet and most of what info is out there is in German, which I neither speak nor read.
As for the B&M lights, I'm not a fan of plastic housings and a member of one of my local online forums posted this the other day about his Luxos 179U :
Re-design a light - Australian Cycling Forums - Bicycles Network Australia