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NiteRider Digital NiteOwl Problems Redux
I have a NiteRider Digital NiteOwl that I bought in 2000/2001 and have
been using it fairly regulary since then but here and there over the last 5-6 years it has sat dormant from time to time. Recently (within the last month or so) I have been doing some night time riding and the run times seem alittle fast and also when it is 30 or below it performs kind of flaky. Anyway I figured and then decided to purchase a water bottle 13.2v NiMH battery from www.batteryspace.com. http://www.batteryspace.com/index.as...OD&ProdID=2838 It arrived in the mail this last Friday and on saturday I decided to check it out, well first things first It has different connector type so the guy at battery space explained to me that if I needed to I could solder my old NiteRider 6v male connector to the new battery cable. 1. The batteryspace battery has a 2 pin (male to female) lockable waterproof connection. 2. The NiteRider light and the battery is actually the 6v male connector (on the battery) and 6v female connector on the Light and my tail light as well. Well I found out that it appears you can hook up with one of those Laptop Universal adaptor kits and it seemed that this would do the trick as far as using the the new battery instead of doing all the soldering. So I tried this but the actual adaptor from the Laptop adaptor kit was alittle too big to make the exact fit. It did however light up the fuel guage as well as the tail light momentarily. So I figured "good to go" I just need to charge the new battery up as well as get a Laptop universal adaptor set with the "Exactly" right sized adaptor. So back to the store I go and I get it, this time there is an adaptor that appears to be the exact right size, so I try it but now I get nothing when I try to connect it. Hmmmm. So now I just try to hook up my NiteRider battery up, but it won't even briefly light up the light/tail light and the fuel guage. So I charge from the better part of Saturday evening through all the way to sunday (approx. 24 hours or so) and try again nothing. So now I am at a complete loss troubleshooting wise. I really hope the light itself or the connection(s) are not jacked at this point, they shouldn't be because I did not in any way force anything connection wise. What I really want to do is be able to just use the new battery from batterspace and/or buy a new replacement battery for this light that has an extended run time. If that whole lighting solution is toast and beyond repair I was also looking at possibly getting the Nite Hawk Emitter or Emitter ALX?????? Would this be a good replacement for someone using a NiteRider Digital NiteOwl. Any insight or suggestions would be sincerely more than appreciated. |
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I have a NiteRider Digital NiteOwl that I bought in 2000/2001 and have been using it fairly regulary since then but here and there over the last 5-6 years it has sat dormant from time to time. Recently (within the last month or so) I have been doing some night time riding and the run times seem alittle fast and also when it is 30 or below it performs kind of flaky. Anyway I figured and then decided to purchase a water bottle 13.2v NiMH battery from www.batteryspace.com. http://www.batteryspace.com/index.as...OD&ProdID=2838 It arrived in the mail this last Friday and on saturday I decided to check it out, well first things first It has different connector type so the guy at battery space explained to me that if I needed to I could solder my old NiteRider 6v male connector to the new battery cable. 1. The batteryspace battery has a 2 pin (male to female) lockable waterproof connection. 2. The NiteRider light and the battery is actually the 6v male connector (on the battery) and 6v female connector on the Light and my tail light as well. Well I found out that it appears you can hook up with one of those Laptop Universal adaptor kits and it seemed that this would do the trick as far as using the the new battery instead of doing all the soldering. So I tried this but the actual adaptor from the Laptop adaptor kit was alittle too big to make the exact fit. It did however light up the fuel guage as well as the tail light momentarily. So I figured "good to go" I just need to charge the new battery up as well as get a Laptop universal adaptor set with the "Exactly" right sized adaptor. So back to the store I go and I get it, this time there is an adaptor that appears to be the exact right size, so I try it but now I get nothing when I try to connect it. Hmmmm. So now I just try to hook up my NiteRider battery up, but it won't even briefly light up the light/tail light and the fuel guage. So I charge from the better part of Saturday evening through all the way to sunday (approx. 24 hours or so) and try again nothing. So now I am at a complete loss troubleshooting wise. I really hope the light itself or the connection(s) are not jacked at this point, they shouldn't be because I did not in any way force anything connection wise. What I really want to do is be able to just use the new battery from batterspace and/or buy a new replacement battery for this light that has an extended run time. If that whole lighting solution is toast and beyond repair I was also looking at possibly getting the Nite Hawk Emitter or Emitter ALX?????? Would this be a good replacement for someone using a NiteRider Digital NiteOwl. Any insight or suggestions would be sincerely more than appreciated. The "Emitter" series is simply a fancy name for higher-powered LED lights consuming between 1W and 3W. The color rendition of these LEDs is more consistent and doesn't yellow when the voltage gets low unlike halogens, but the halogens reveal more of the visible spectrum. The LEDs themselves last far longer than halogens and don't shatter. The very newest generation of LEDs promise efficiencies greater than even fluorescents, although efficiency drops off sharply as power output increases so arrays are more efficient. Currently we are at roughly 80-120 lumen output for one LED emitter driving at 700mA. -- Phil |
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NiteRider Digital NiteOwl Problems Redux
wrote: I have a NiteRider Digital NiteOwl that I bought in 2000/2001 and have been using it fairly regulary since then but here and there over the last 5-6 years it has sat dormant from time to time. Recently (within the last month or so) I have been doing some night time riding and the run times seem alittle fast and also when it is 30 or below it performs kind of flaky. Anyway I figured and then decided to purchase a water bottle 13.2v NiMH battery from www.batteryspace.com. http://www.batteryspace.com/index.as...OD&ProdID=2838 It arrived in the mail this last Friday and on saturday I decided to check it out, well first things first It has different connector type so the guy at battery space explained to me that if I needed to I could solder my old NiteRider 6v male connector to the new battery cable. 1. The batteryspace battery has a 2 pin (male to female) lockable waterproof connection. 2. The NiteRider light and the battery is actually the 6v male connector (on the battery) and 6v female connector on the Light and my tail light as well. Well I found out that it appears you can hook up with one of those Laptop Universal adaptor kits and it seemed that this would do the trick as far as using the the new battery instead of doing all the soldering. So I tried this but the actual adaptor from the Laptop adaptor kit was alittle too big to make the exact fit. It did however light up the fuel guage as well as the tail light momentarily. So I figured "good to go" I just need to charge the new battery up as well as get a Laptop universal adaptor set with the "Exactly" right sized adaptor. So back to the store I go and I get it, this time there is an adaptor that appears to be the exact right size, so I try it but now I get nothing when I try to connect it. Hmmmm. So now I just try to hook up my NiteRider battery up, but it won't even briefly light up the light/tail light and the fuel guage. So I charge from the better part of Saturday evening through all the way to sunday (approx. 24 hours or so) and try again nothing. So now I am at a complete loss troubleshooting wise. I really hope the light itself or the connection(s) are not jacked at this point, they shouldn't be because I did not in any way force anything connection wise. What I really want to do is be able to just use the new battery from batterspace and/or buy a new replacement battery for this light that has an extended run time. If that whole lighting solution is toast and beyond repair I was also looking at possibly getting the Nite Hawk Emitter or Emitter ALX?????? Would this be a good replacement for someone using a NiteRider Digital NiteOwl. Any insight or suggestions would be sincerely more than appreciated.New battery time and in time for Valentine night ride with a lover. I just replaced an old battery from an Cygo light with a small 6V motercycle battery. It works out fine since 10-06 and its used 5 days a week. |
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