After my last few dark rides, I finally ordered a new Li-Ion battery and charger which should be with me early next week. Theoretically it’ll give me 5 hours of run time instead of the 45 minutes I get at the moment. It’ll be nice to finish a ride with working lights for a change.
I might look at sending my Lumicycle battery back for a service, I suspect one of the cells has died lowering the output voltage to the point where it can’t power the HID lamp for long enough.
Li-ion? Posh git :)
It seemed better value than the NiMH one from Lumicycle.
Have you gone for the Lumicycle Li-ion pack or have you found a nice cheap source?
I got a new battery and charger from The Rush for
I think all 4 of my batteries are dead, so I was looking at Hope Lights last night. possibly a stem mounted HID.
Fairly academic anyhow as both Lumi and Rush batteries will cook the ballast in my light :(
I think I may investigate the 11.1V options from Batteryspace.
What light Gary?
Lumicycle said they’d change my ballast for free if I wanted.
Its a trailtech one. I need to check again but I think the last time I looked it had the lower rated ballast in it.
I still fancy the eclipse 30W HID on batteryspace but it’s $350+postage with a 9.6Ah Li-ion battery.
A 7.2AH 11.1V Li-ion battery and charger is only $100, bet the postage is loads though :(
30w HID.. how bright would that be?
/googles
100W (1850 lums) !!!
that would be like riding in the daytime.. awesome!
“bet the postage is loads though”
55 dollars. Still works out quite appealing (assuming it dodges the taxman)
Your legs will give out long before your lights do!!
True.
well i’ve recharged my batteries, now.. will they last longer than 30mins?
Go and try them now, it’s lovely out ;-)
yeah it SOUNDS lovely! ;)
I fell of twice today because of the wind!
I have that trouble but it’s caused by my pills!
(Rarely totally free from pain!)
are the pills for the wind or the pain? I’m confused…..