Motorbicycling 6V electrical system?

[velardejose]

Hi
If I hook a 6v bike batt to the white wire, could I use 6v hardware?
Like motorcycle headlights fe
Thanks in advance

[Finfan]

I've been pondering this idea myself and I think you will probably need a voltage regulator on the white wire to prevent overcharging and possibly a diode to keep the battery from feeding back into the magneto. Hopefully Norman will see this. He has done some work using the white wire to power a light. It might be easier to use a motorcycle battery to run a regular bicycle light system directly then just charge the battery at home periodically.

[jasonh]

I think I remember seeing a kit somewhere a while back that used a 6v battery for the lights, and the white wire would trickle charge the batt when the lights weren't in use.

[celestmark]

Originally Posted by jasonh

I think I remember seeing a kit somewhere a while back that used a 6v battery for the lights, and the white wire would trickle charge the batt when the lights weren't in use.

I'm trying to find that now!!!

I want to purchase one ASAP as it's getting darker and darker here and I don't care to be buying batteries every week!

[Dave31]

I've looked 4 it guys but had no luck

[sb bikes]

I use a 6v power weels battery and just recharge it. But it would be nice to know if the white wire could be used to charge it .

[Hot Dog Piggy Tails]

thats 6 - 14 volts ac so first rectify it to dc with well I dont have pphoto bucket look at my icon thumbnail

[Hot Dog Piggy Tails]

then a regulating Ic which'el run off only your battery the package with a seperate input for its power then series its circuit inbat, the ac/dc bridge, Ic, and finally battery. and run your lights or what have you from your battery. if you get one with a regul;ator/ cuttoff it'll stop charging for you but the otherones have a range they burn your battery or theIC 9itself) up because the constant charge with no drain so check for battery temp. Some cheaper IC packages actually have an input for the battery thermistor which is axtually cheap its self. The mag white wire only gives back 3 watts so if you run your lights a 1/4 of the time and they draw 12 watts youd be ok cause the charging of the additional day use of 3/4x..Yup Im the Man. Heh Heh

[jasonh]

Originally Posted by fairracing31

I've looked 4 it guys but had no luck

Yeah, I think the search function here might need a little work....

[Finfan]

Originally Posted by Hot Dog Piggy Tails

thats 6 - 14 volts ac so first rectify it to dc with well I dont have pphoto bucket look at my icon thumbnail

Have you put an oscilloscope on the magneto output? I've done electronics for a while so I'm wondering what type of waveform it has.