6 Volt LED headlamp w/ small 6 volt motorcycle battery

[SgtNorthcutt]

The guy at the autoparts place told me to use a small 6 volt motorcycle battery and run the white wire to it, then run a wire from the battery to the headlamp so the motor would not be using the spark juice to power the light.
I purchased two LEDs from Radio Shack (3.6volts, 20mA, 1100mcd) to use fro this project.

Any thoughts on this?
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[Spunout]

yep. try it out and let us know how it goes. sounds feasable. could be the answer.

[Hot Dog Piggy Tails]

get a 4 diode bridge ac to dc converter otherwise youll be sorry! only 3 dollars

[MB-Monkey]

Originally Posted by Hot Dog Piggy Tails

get a 4 diode bridge ac to dc converter otherwise youll be sorry! only 3 dollars

where can i get my hands on one of those?

[Cabinfever1977]

use a 18v cordless power tool battery$20 and 1hr quick charger$20
2 car lights hooked together=24volts$12,1 fuse and 1 on/off switch $5
all from walmart

[gberry50]

Go to radio shack ask for full wave bridge rectifier mine cost 3.39+tax
Run white wire to ac+ spade connector and although not marked run lighting wire
from the other + spade connector
I run two 1 watt niteize leds in headlight and one 1watt niteize in tail light
I'm going to connect a small lead acid 6 v battery in line with the dc tap on rectifier
when mounting rectifier make sure you sand off paint for grounding.

[Hot Dog Piggy Tails]

I get my Rectifiers from Radio Shack also. Sorry about the delay. The ground can be ran two wire also so as not to worry about the mounting ground!. and for LED's youll acheive the most power in series 1watters 3 deep (4 volt) or 6 volter's parallel.

I was quite blown away when I plugged my first rectifier IC into a 1 watt diode and blew it immediately. one in series then two in parallel works good all 6 volt one watters.

[Hot Dog Piggy Tails]

Originally Posted by Cabinfever1977

use a 18v cordless power tool battery$20 and 1hr quick charger$20
2 car lights hooked together=24volts$12,1 fuse and 1 on/off switch $5
all from walmart

Oh Cabin fever Ooh that name gives me the willies'

series you mean. power to + out it's -.. to + of second light out of its negative back to the batteries - terminal. resistive load can handle higher voltage than rated for each bulb x2

[gberry50]

I would like to try a 3watt led in headlight but I have learned on this forum that the output of lighting coil is only 3 watts is this true?

[Cabinfever1977]

6 volt ,3watts ,0.5amps