Bicycle Power adaptor for Freerunner

2009-02-17 Thread Alexander Mueller
Hey all, is anybody out there who is using the FR on longer trips for navigation and/or geocaching? How did you solve the power problem? I would love to have an adapter from my hub generator for the Freerunner. Should not be too difficult. Something to convert AC to DC and then maybe some

Re: Bicycle Power adaptor for Freerunner

2009-02-17 Thread Risto H. Kurppa
On Tue, Feb 17, 2009 at 1:08 PM, Alexander Mueller xelarel...@web.de wrote: Hey all, is anybody out there who is using the FR on longer trips for navigation and/or geocaching? How did you solve the power problem? I would love to have an adapter from my hub generator for the Freerunner.

Re: Bicycle Power adaptor for Freerunner

2009-02-17 Thread Michael Sheldon
Alexander Mueller wrote: Hey all, is anybody out there who is using the FR on longer trips for navigation and/or geocaching? How did you solve the power problem? Hi Alex, Personally I just use a solar charger with a large waterproof panel strapped over my panniers

Re: Bicycle Power adaptor for Freerunner

2009-02-17 Thread Konstantin
Hi there! Hey all, is anybody out there who is using the FR on longer trips for navigation and/or geocaching? How did you solve the power problem? I would love to have an adapter from my hub generator for the Freerunner. Should not be too difficult. Something to convert AC to DC and

Re: Bicycle Power adaptor for Freerunner

2009-02-17 Thread Radek Polak
Hey all, is anybody out there who is using the FR on longer trips for navigation and/or geocaching? How did you solve the power problem? I would love to have an adapter from my hub generator for the Freerunner. Should not be too difficult. Something to convert AC to DC and then maybe

Re: Bicycle Power adaptor for Freerunner

2009-02-17 Thread Juergen Schinker
Alexander Mueller wrote: Hey all, is anybody out there who is using the FR on longer trips for navigation and/or geocaching? How did you solve the power problem? I would love to have an adapter from my hub generator for the Freerunner. Should not be too difficult. Something to convert AC

Re: Bicycle Power adaptor for Freerunner

2009-02-17 Thread Alexander Mueller
Ah, plenty of links. http://geektechnique.org/projectlab/511 This looks quite nice, but the electronics from http://www.instructables.com/id/ How-to-Charge-Any-USB-Device-by-Riding-Your-Bike/ looks nice to me http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/11/if_you_can_brea.php

Re: Bicycle Power adaptor for Freerunner

2009-02-17 Thread Alexander Mueller
Michael Sheldon schrieb: Alexander Mueller wrote: Hey all, is anybody out there who is using the FR on longer trips for navigation and/or geocaching? How did you solve the power problem? Hi Alex, Personally I just use a solar charger with a large waterproof panel strapped over my

Re: Bicycle Power adaptor for Freerunner

2009-02-17 Thread Alexander Mueller
Thanks a lot. Yes, I recall having seen this article. But didnt read it back then. And of course I threw out my old c't s quite some time ago. But will have a real close look at this. Alex Konstantin schrieb: Hi there! Hey all, is anybody out there who is using the FR on longer trips for

Re: Bicycle Power adaptor for Freerunner

2009-02-17 Thread Alexander Mueller
I think NiMH batteries hate to get overcharged, so you may want to have a protection or charging circuit in place. Alex Radek Polak schrieb: Hey all, is anybody out there who is using the FR on longer trips for navigation and/or geocaching? How did you solve the power problem? I would

Re: Bicycle Power adaptor for Freerunner

2009-02-17 Thread Alexander Mueller
Well the SON is already on the bike... one of the reasons why I wanna use a hub generator for charging.. Alex Juergen Schinker schrieb: Alexander Mueller wrote: Hey all, is anybody out there who is using the FR on longer trips for navigation and/or geocaching? How did you solve the power

Re: Bicycle Power adaptor for Freerunner

2009-02-17 Thread Helge Hafting
Alexander Mueller wrote: Hey all, is anybody out there who is using the FR on longer trips for navigation and/or geocaching? How did you solve the power problem? I would love to have an adapter from my hub generator for the Freerunner. Should not be too difficult. Something to convert AC

Re: Bicycle Power adaptor for Freerunner

2009-02-17 Thread Al Johnson
On Tuesday 17 February 2009, Alexander Mueller wrote: Hey all, is anybody out there who is using the FR on longer trips for navigation and/or geocaching? How did you solve the power problem? I would love to have an adapter from my hub generator for the Freerunner. Should not be too