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Old November 3rd 04, 10:33 PM
Andrew Clark
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Looking to buy a lighting system for my beast, I have an 9year old blt
system that the battery is dead. What is out there for good systems with
about 2 hours of life?
Thanks,
Andrew


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Old November 3rd 04, 11:01 PM
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"Andrew Clark" wrote in message
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Looking to buy a lighting system for my beast, I have an 9year old blt
system that the battery is dead. What is out there for good systems with
about 2 hours of life?
Thanks,
Andrew


Hi Andrew,

I posted this a while back. Instead of tossing your old light try this --

- - -

12 years ago I bought a 15w 'Niterider' (NR) brand halogen to illuminate my
night rides. A dozen years of charging cycles and the nicad battery has
finally failed. I was aghast at the replacement cost from NR (70 - 80$ US)
and started to shop for different makers. REI had an ENTIRE 'Cygolite' setup
(a 10w spot with a 6w flood) for LESS that the replacement battery for the
NR.

So I went with the Cygolite and have been very happy with its performace but
I was missing my much brighter 15W NR. So I thought
'what-the-heck-why-dont-I-just-splice-this-into-the-Cygolite' and WAH LAH

TRICLOPS was born ! 31 WATTS Beaming out from my trusty steed. Makes for
nice decent down those dark fireroads on moonless nights

Run times 3 hours on the 6 watt, 2 hours 6W + 10W, 35-45 minutes running all
three (6+10+15)

SO Dont throw out your old Niterider!! Works great spliced into the
Cygolite nicad

Photos:

http://www.ozmantrad.com/triclops01.jpg Triclops On

http://www.ozmantrad.com/mi_bika.jpg My XTR F300 C'dale

http://www.ozmantrad.com/hubbage_de_blanco.jpg Mi cool hubs


 




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