outlawbiker
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thanks for the link,that looks good, i wonder if it can also flood out... i didnt read all of it cause im on the phone... but im book marking it.
I was thinking of doing a homemade dynamo...Any electric motor will work, I have an old electric screwdriver motor that I may use, or a salvaged printer head motor, or a mini fan motor... I have a few to choose from, just have not tested them all to see what has the best output. The other idea I was toying with, but would be quite involved and I am not sure of its practicality, is turn your wheel into a dynamo, mount some magnets on the rim and slap some coils on your brake mounts and see what that does, but what I would realy like to do for a dynamo is get an electric hub for my front wheel and use it for output, I bet you could get some serious juice out of that, but it all take time and money, time I have a little, money not so much....
im not trying to discourage you from a DYI project,but wouldnt it just be easier to pay 44 bucks for the mini gen on ebay and create a LED lighting system off of it.
I have been doing my reasearch and building lights as well. Here is what I am doing... I will be using the white wire to trickle charge a 4.7ah 6v SLA. I may add a cheap solar panel just for fun. Tail, brake and turn signals will be done with LEDS. Head light is a modified 6v camping light ( they are less than 5 bucks and include a battery). Led are not he best choice for head lights, they do not illiminate the entire spectrum (hence the low energy draw)...
Just a word of warning about using Li-ion batteries, without the proper charging system and most importantly over charge protection you're running the risk of having them explode and quite possibly serious injury.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNeeIzaeYDo
Li-ion cells SHOULD NOT be powered off the white wire!!!!