Originally Posted by Rural Roadie
Has anybody found another store that has Pete's power pack?
Iowa seems to not have a Pep Boys store, just plenty of their advertising. Radio Shack has a 5 amp/hour 12v but they want $30. Ouch.
Rural Roadie, PM me and we'll work something out.
Well, tonight I finally got it all rigged together. Two headlights (20W, 35W and 55W combined,) rear tail light (standard auto tail light bulb, 2 1/4 inch wide x 4 1/2 inch long x 1 1/4 inch high rectangular dome,) amber xenon strobe (3 inch diameter, 1 1/2 inch high round dome, 100,000 candlepower, 120 flashes per minute, 0.2 amp input) and a FIAMM car horn, all run from a 4.5 amp/hr rechargable sealed lead acid battery.
My dear wife wanted to see me ride down the block with everything on*. She said 1) you can see the red tail light far, far away, 2) the xenon strobe is highly visible, but won't blind motorists, 3) you can see my red light and yellow strobe quite well from the side angles.
I also did a little waterproofing, but I have a ways to go, yet. I'll probably solder my connections and waterproof them, as well.
* "Everything on" means lights. I don't ride nekkid, not in freezing temps with 20 mph wind gusts.
