Originally Posted by Juha
What I was asking about is if people actually follow the 20% rule of thumb - OhiOH for one does not - and whether they use nominal voltage or measured voltage to estimate. I am sorry if I was not clear in my question.
--J
Juha,
On my other light I overvolted by 15% with no problems (just going by the packaged ratings). It worked fine and the housing did not melt.
For those just thinking building your own lights. Here are 2 previously posted URLs that are pretty handy...
http://www.myra-simon.com/bike/lights.html#overvolting
http://nordicgroup.us/s78/#Myths%20a...ting%20Systems
Last edited by vrkelley; 09-30-04 at 01:16 PM.
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