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buzzy bee
Joined: 23 Nov 2007 Posts: 3382 Location: South Cheshire
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Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 7:44 pm Post subject: Strobe beacons and wiring |
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Hi
I was thinking to put some of these small LED Strobe Beacons, which are really bright but use no power hardly on the back of the Robey, just as a bit of warning really. I mean we do go 2 or 3mph so we are deffinateley not going slowly or anything!
Anyway I want to be running off a 12v battery, what size?
I need a switch and would like them to flash alternateley, if you see what I mean, one switches off as one comes on, or vice versa, is that possible? I need two, one for each side, maybe one at the front, but that is not really important when it comes on etc.
I could also do with a light under the canopy be it led or a bulb with a switch that can be used should I need to see the guages etc after dark.
Now is it worth putting one of them sollar chargers on the roof when running, or at a rally to help keep the battery good before coming home and using them again?
Cheers
Dave |
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MVPeters
Joined: 28 Aug 2008 Posts: 822 Location: Northern MA, USA
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Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2012 9:12 pm Post subject: |
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Buzzy
I think your simplest & cheapest solution is a pair of LED tail lights off a lorry & a 12V motor-cycle battery. A Lucas flasher unit might work if there's enough resistance 'load'. You'll get several hours of run-time on a full charge.
There are tons of LED units on eBay.
Personally, I'm not at all in favour of alternating warning lights - I don't think they are as effective - the local police, fire & ambulance services don't agree with this! _________________ Mike - MVPeters at comcast.net
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Bitumen Boy
Joined: 26 Jan 2012 Posts: 1735 Location: Above the snow line in old Monmouthshire
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Posted: Fri Mar 09, 2012 3:58 pm Post subject: |
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Just a thought, but would LED cycle lamps be any good? I got some a while back as backup for a dynamo set. Dirt cheap, highly visible (even during the day) and a couple of AAA batteries last for a LONG time, especially in flashing mode. Granted the mounting could be awkward - most rears are designed to clamp onto the seat post or seat stay - but I got an Oxford "carrier LED" on fleabay which although the supplied fixing was no good for my purposes had a couple of small bolt holes in the mounting plate, couple of small metric bolts and a home made adaptor plate later I had it sorted. I reckon something similar could be useful in all sorts of applications. |
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