I've been using the 12 volt Dymotec system for about a year. It's a great generator and puts out plenty of light for my purposes. However, I've been plagued from the beginning with the headlight flickering. When I first assembled it, the light wouldn't even remain lit. At high speeds, it would turn off.
I put poor Peter White through a battery of complaints, sending the generator and light back and forth to him. I finally decided it must be the generator, and he sent me a new one. Same problem. I decided to try changing the bulb, and, with a new bulb in the light, it only flickered at a certain speed, around 8 or 9 miles per hour. I have to say that Peter was very patient about taking things back for testing. I didn't want to send the light in after making such a big deal over the generator because all that shipping was cutting into my checking account, and I felt that I had bothered Peter with the issue quite enough. I find that, after a year, it still bugs me. I'm thinking about buying a new light, but I'm plagued by the thought that it isn't the light either, that it's just me somehow, and I'll shell out the $82 for another light, and I'll find it still flickers. I was also thinking of poking around the wiring in the light to see if there is something loose, but I'm worried, since I don't know what's in there, that I'll screw something up. Has anyone out there had a similar problem with an Oval Plus headlight? I'm worried, given its history, that it will fail one day when I'm far from home. I know I should have a battery backup, but my unerring tendency to have dead batteries in my headlights is what led me to the dynamo. Thanks, Paul B. Cooley Santa Fe, NM http://carfreefamily.blogspot.com --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Bicycle Lifestyle" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/bicyclelifestyle?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
