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Old 07-07-09 | 09:22 AM
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Elegantly connecting all the parts is going to be an exercise in problem solving, and you'll have to figure most of it out for yourself, but I can tell you a few things. There's a whole forum for electronics etc, you know... you will find more information there. Anyway:

Dynohubs typically have two wires, whereas bottle generators have only one for each lamp. Your headlight and tail light both have to have a wire to your bottle generator, and be grounded to the frame so it can function as the second wire. The lamps, and the bottle generator, will all usually have a special screw with a sharp point that digs through the paint () just to make sure the connection is good. If your headlight has two wires, you can attach one of them to the frame or fork somehow; the front brake pivot bolt is a good spot for that. That will make the connection you need.

To test your lamps, a 1.5 volt battery should be strong enough to get the bulb to light up with no danger of hurting yourself.
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