Originally Posted by RainmanP
Splat,
I would love to have seen a video of the flame and smoke trailing behind you as the helmet light melted down!
Seriously, though, folks, did you assemble your own LEDs on that light? I just put a 48 LED MR16 replacement in one of my headlights. I will be trying it for the first time tomorrow and will post a report. It seems pretty bright but obviously weak compared side by side with the 35W I usually use. I am figuring it to be about like a 10W. I don't know if I can be happy with that for regular commuting, but it might be adequate where battery life is at a premium. I need to hook it up to a meter to see what it draws. Will report on that too for anyone interested.
I think it might have been more homourous to watch me keep riding while trying to put out the fire on my Handlebars !!
And on one night mt Bike ride, where that PVC wes melting pretty goodm we thought we lost 2 of the riders in the group, when they finally showed up they joked they found us by followingthe smell of burning plastic
Now on to the LED"S I assembleb them My self I bought 50 off of eBay for $15 and went from there.
I have seen those pre-made LED lights and wondered how they work. I have also seen the MR-16 LED replacement bulbs any one try those.
as For a 55 watt bulb having used one before , I use d to have people flash me all the time to turn down the light ! I laways took that asa good sign , it meant they saw me, and it kept people from blinding me with there high beams