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Tech. Advice: Series 'B' / 'C' 500cc/1000cc Bikes
Urgent - Comet Lucas Dynamo doesn't appear to be charging
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<blockquote data-quote="b'knighted" data-source="post: 54171" data-attributes="member: 59"><p>Hi Richard,</p><p></p><p>Your problem is the urgency. Sorting you out by remote control in a day is probably impossible.</p><p>If you are running a magneto a weekend away only uses needs better charging if you are riding more in the dark.</p><p>Are you going alone or with another rider with whom you can swap and reswap batteries?</p><p>Can you carry a spare battery to replace yours if it goes flat?</p><p>If you disconnect the battery does the charging system put out a better voltage? Make sure all the lights are off as an increased voltage can damage bulbs. If so it may suggest that your battery is the problem.</p><p></p><p>Longer term, if you have an antique charging system replace all bulbs with LEDs. Even if you decide to keep an incandescant headlamp bulb you will reduce the draw of all the other bulbs on the system.</p><p>I am setting up an entirely LED system on a bike with no charging system – its fag packet sized Li-ion batterywill run the LED headlamp and rear lamp for more than eight hours. The LED headlamp bulbs ( <a href="http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-Pcs-H7-18-LED-Fog-Day-Light-Bulbs-Lamp-Car-Headlight-Headlamp-5050-SMD-White-/271508994406?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item3f37327966" target="_blank">http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-Pcs-H7-18-LED-Fog-Day-Light-Bulbs-Lamp-Car-Headlight-Headlamp-5050-SMD-White-/271508994406?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item3f37327966</a> ) do not produce a very focussed beam so probably wouldn't pass an MoT but they will let you see where you are going. The main will probably dazzle oncoming traffic and the dip does not throw out enough light for riding at any speed. I already have this lighting system on a Comet with a low wattage Miller dynamo and vReg II solid state regulator. It uses a small gel battery in a period rubber body. I live in an area with no street lights but because of the way the lanes tunnel through the trees I use lamps in daylight.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="b'knighted, post: 54171, member: 59"] Hi Richard, Your problem is the urgency. Sorting you out by remote control in a day is probably impossible. If you are running a magneto a weekend away only uses needs better charging if you are riding more in the dark. Are you going alone or with another rider with whom you can swap and reswap batteries? Can you carry a spare battery to replace yours if it goes flat? If you disconnect the battery does the charging system put out a better voltage? Make sure all the lights are off as an increased voltage can damage bulbs. If so it may suggest that your battery is the problem. Longer term, if you have an antique charging system replace all bulbs with LEDs. Even if you decide to keep an incandescant headlamp bulb you will reduce the draw of all the other bulbs on the system. I am setting up an entirely LED system on a bike with no charging system – its fag packet sized Li-ion batterywill run the LED headlamp and rear lamp for more than eight hours. The LED headlamp bulbs ( [url]http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/2-Pcs-H7-18-LED-Fog-Day-Light-Bulbs-Lamp-Car-Headlight-Headlamp-5050-SMD-White-/271508994406?pt=UK_CarsParts_Vehicles_CarParts_SM&hash=item3f37327966[/url] ) do not produce a very focussed beam so probably wouldn't pass an MoT but they will let you see where you are going. The main will probably dazzle oncoming traffic and the dip does not throw out enough light for riding at any speed. I already have this lighting system on a Comet with a low wattage Miller dynamo and vReg II solid state regulator. It uses a small gel battery in a period rubber body. I live in an area with no street lights but because of the way the lanes tunnel through the trees I use lamps in daylight. [/QUOTE]
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