> Chrismas lights run on > 120v, and the generator is rated at 6v"
OK that statement tells me you're going to need a little bit more help than a Radio Shack URL. :-) You can't use lights that are designed for 120V line power. And I have no idea what power those draw, but it's probably more than 3W per strand. You want something like these: http://www.christmaslightsetc.com/p/Battery-Operated-10-Multicolored-Mini-Christmas-Lights-6-inch-Spacing-Green-Wire--19469.htm Since you only have about $4 spent on the lights, just cut off the battery case and connect the wires to your hub instead. The hub has it's own current limiting so it should be safe. As for the lights, if you over-drive them and they burn out, meh, you're only out $4. Or if it makes you nervous try two strands wired in series, (which would be connect positive of strand A to negative of strand B). I think the worst that would happen then is the lights be too dim. Good luck, -Allan PS> I'm ASSUMING the generator hub has an internal current limiter. I know the SON hubs do. I don't know your Shimano hub does. If you do something to let the magic white smoke out of your hub, please don't blame me. On Dec 9, 1:39 pm, Bill Rhea <billr...@yahoo.com> wrote: > 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.
