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Dynamo powered LED bike lights

Step 5Front light

Front light
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1. Drill a hole in the rear part of the headlight casing, put the bolt through it and fasten it using 2 nuts.
2. Drill a hole for cable.
3. Glue the power LED to the nut head (use heat conducting glue).
4. Put the collimator onto the led (usually the collimator legs fit into the cuts in LED's star PCB)
5. Put the front part of the casing on and fix it to the rest (glue or duct tape).
6. Optionally, You may want to fix the collimator to the tubing with a little of hot glue and/or put some clear plastic on the front of the headlight.
7. Fasten the headlight to the handlebar (I used 2 hose clamps)
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