On Wednesday, May 2, 2018 at 9:49:23 PM UTC-5, bob prohaska wrote:
I finally caved and bought a Shimano dh-3n72 hub for use on my
exercise bike. It works fine, but the LEDs flicker quite noticeably
at all speeds. The circuit puts series trios of LEDs in inverse
parallel across the dynamo, so each trio lights on alternate half-
cycles. The flicker wasn't visible with the old Soubitez roller,
because it was working at about 6x higher frequency. The circuit is at
http://www.zefox.net/~bob/bicycle/schematic.gif
The point of the design is to eliminate rectifier losses, which are
substantial at low voltage.

The new setup might be ok for fast riding. At low speeds and in traffic
I'm less sure I'll like it and fairly certain bystanders won't like it
at all, especially at night. As a DRL it certainly aids conspicuity 8-)

Can anybody point me to a discussion of what outfits like B&M use in
their dynamo-powerd LED headlights? I've searched intermittenly but
never hit the right keywords.

Thanks for reading, and any guidance.

bob prohaska

I have this dynamo hub.
http://www.starbike.com/p/Shimano-dy...er-36H-5206-en

And two(2) of these lights hooked to the dynamo.
http://www.starbike.com/en/busch-and...umotec-iq-cyo/

I can ride at any speed, 4-5 mph or greater, and have good lighting without any flickering. So I'd say something is wrong with either the hub or lights you are using.