Thread: Dynamo wiring
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Old 11-06-16 | 02:47 PM
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Craigorock
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I did my first Dynamo wiring job on a Miyata 610 that has became my #1 ride over the past few years. I had used super glue/zip-ties/cable guides to hold the wiring in place while I was testing/learning. Once I had found what worked I decided to try and hide all the wiring for a cleaner and semi-custom look.

I found this tape to work really well to hold the dynamo wiring along the inside of the fenders. It is very thin, strong, and hides the wire. it has held up so far in Canadian summer and winter temperatures:


These little grommets are great for entrance/exit holes in the fenders:

I would have preferred to use the smaller banana connectors recommended earlier, but I had some bullet style quick connects on hand that have held up just fine so far:


Here is the underside of the front fender:


I am using a Sanyo NH-T6 bottom bracket generator. after a few months of testing, it had worked extremely well, rain or shine, everytime I needed it. I liked it so much that I got the frame drilled for internal routing (by Hugh Black at True North) to run the wiring inside the frame. I used quick connectors at the generator so that it can be removed and cleaned without having to re-wire (They stay tucked between the BB shell and the generator top plate, but I pulled them down so they would be visible for the picture):


Here is where the wiring enters the back of the BB shell. The wiring goes over the top of the (Phil wood ) bottom bracket and up the downtube, and the tail light wire enters the back of the rear fender:


Here is the wiring exiting the downtube and entering the front fender:


The wire exiting the front fender going to the B&M headlight:


I am very happy with how it turned out. The whole dynamo setup took a bit of time and lots of research, but the people putting up all the detail/process pictures on this forum or on their flickr pages provided much of the information and inspiration that I needed.

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