moody07747
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i just wired up some halogen headlights and a LED tail light for my bicycle and have some questions of battery life
ive been getting a good hour and a half of use from the system and am following the plans from this site:
https://www.dansworkshop.com/Monster Quartz Halogen Bike Light.shtml
20W bulb for low beam, 35W bulb for high beam
and as for the reat tail light.,.. i have this wired in
https://www.allelectronics.com/cgi-bin/category.cgi?category=search&item=CLD-4R&type=store
i took some amperage readings on the circuit:
Light(s)__________Amps
high beam...............2.92A
Low beam...............1.70A
Red LED tail light.....0.05A
red + high...............2.97A
red + low................1.75A
im running this all on a 12V 5A rechargable sealed lead acid battery made for a security system.
got it from the radioshack years ago and they dont sell it on their site anymore...
i would like to try to get at least 4 hours out of this setup on high beams with the reds on.
i was thinking of useing something like LEDS, will these produce more light and take less amperage?
any suggestions???
thanks
ive been getting a good hour and a half of use from the system and am following the plans from this site:
https://www.dansworkshop.com/Monster Quartz Halogen Bike Light.shtml
20W bulb for low beam, 35W bulb for high beam
and as for the reat tail light.,.. i have this wired in
https://www.allelectronics.com/cgi-bin/category.cgi?category=search&item=CLD-4R&type=store
i took some amperage readings on the circuit:
Light(s)__________Amps
high beam...............2.92A
Low beam...............1.70A
Red LED tail light.....0.05A
red + high...............2.97A
red + low................1.75A
im running this all on a 12V 5A rechargable sealed lead acid battery made for a security system.
got it from the radioshack years ago and they dont sell it on their site anymore...
i would like to try to get at least 4 hours out of this setup on high beams with the reds on.
i was thinking of useing something like LEDS, will these produce more light and take less amperage?
any suggestions???
thanks