Introduction: Another Halogen Bike Light
its another halogen bike lamp... its not new, but a brazilian way of make it.
Necessary Items
1 Halogen 12v 20W Lamp
3 PVC Connections
1 Switch on/off
Some Home depot wires
4 conectors molex (Internal pc type)
Step 1: Necessary Material
Necessary Items
1 Halogen 12v 20W Lamp
3 PVC Connections
1 Switch on/off
Some Home depot wires
4 conectors molex (Internal pc type)
Step 2: Light Case
the light case
Step 3: The Battery 12v 2.3Ah
the battery
Step 4: Battery Case
the case of the battery
Step 5: The Lamp Case
the PVC lamp case
16 Comments
11 years ago on Introduction
what kind of run time did u get on this one
11 years ago on Introduction
How do you charge that battery?
13 years ago on Introduction
Why is everyone worried about hiding their batteries, if you have a homemade lamp on your bike that's enough for people to turn their heads!
13 years ago on Step 3
how im i gonna put a 12v battery on a BIKE
Reply 13 years ago on Step 3
water bottle area, and a couple of twist ties, or you could build something kinda like in my instructable.
14 years ago on Introduction
i have a bulky 7ah batt. were or how could i hide it or disguise it.
Reply 13 years ago on Introduction
you could just put it on a rack that goes over the back tire, its not disguised but it works.
Reply 14 years ago on Introduction
Hide it in an old bottle and place it in your bottle holder.
13 years ago on Introduction
i made a halogen flashlight with a 12v 60wat headlight bulb, its super bright, im running on 14.4v too so i get a boost
Reply 13 years ago on Introduction
relly it dosent overheat im thinking about using a 12v 60w
Reply 13 years ago on Introduction
i have a special car headlight bulb that is designed for low heat, when i first built it i used a plasic cup for a reflector just for proof of concept and it warped that but i have a aluminum reflector now so it is not a problem.
14 years ago on Introduction
so where do you get a Battery like that and how do you charge it ?
Reply 14 years ago on Introduction
i bought the battery in a simple electronics house, and charge it with a small wireless 12v phone charger.....
15 years ago on Introduction
Very nice! I have a recumbent bicycle with 36V electric assist, but no lights because the commercial market is too narrow. My plan was to mount three lights, one pointing straight ahead and the other two at angles to the side. I think I'll build three of these and hook them up to the 36V.
15 years ago on Introduction
Cool man! I´m brazilian too. Nice idea, this lamp is more strong than led lights, but it requires more power. You need to tell how much time this kind of battery can handle the lamp on. And you need to paint this wall hehehe. Bye
Reply 15 years ago on Introduction
hehehe i waste all my money with a light, and i dont have more money for the wall paint :D this lamp consumes a large AH, aprox. 1.67Ah, then with this sealed 2,3A battery the lifetime is aprox 1.3 hour. i have a commercial cateye led light too, and i use that in a easy ways, and i use the halogen for the downhills or technical ways. if you have batteries with equal or more than a 4000mah its the ideal lifetime... about a 2 hours lifetime im making a secundary light with a 5w and 150.000 mcd led, to use combined with a halogen to make a longer lifetime battery;; thx, Tyrone