I have heard that the white wire puts out a very noisy AC voltage. I would not recommend hooking it up directly to a battery. I haven't tried anything yet but I suspect you would need to put a rectifier on the output and a voltage regulator in line before using it to charge a battery. You might be better off just springing for one of the brighter LED systems available for bikes.

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