Thanks for the info - now I REALLY want to figure this out :-) I guess I'm mostly worried about the fact that Chrismas lights run on 120v, and the generator is rated at 6v. Since resistance of the string is constant, this drops the supplied current way down (if I still have Ohm's law right). Not sure if this would be enought to keep them lit....
-br On Dec 8, 11:47 pm, Allan in Portland <allan_f...@aracnet.com> wrote: > I forget which hub he had, but I helped a friend do this a few years > ago. He got a string of lights from Ikea or somewhere and just wired > them up. I said we have a 50-50 chance of getting the polarity right > on the first try, which we did. Actually we had a 100% chance, as the > generators are unrectified AC. Yeah, the lights blinked a lot at low > speed. You could get rid of about half the blink with a trip to Radio > Shack for one of > these:http://www.radioshack.com/product/index.jsp?productId=2062580 > > Good luck, > -Allan > > On Dec 8, 3:30 pm, Bill Rhea <billr...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > Has anybody out there ever converted a string of Christmas lights for > > low voltage power, like that produced by a dynohub? How cool would > > that be? The output of my Shimano DH-3N80 hub is 6 volts, 3 watts. > > > Suggestions? > > > -br- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
