Another Halogen Bike Light

by tyronemenezes

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Intro: 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

purpulhaze 13 years ago

How do you charge that battery?

moshee 14 years ago

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!

tjoe 14 years ago

how im i gonna put a 12v battery on a BIKE

luigi2999 14 years ago

water bottle area, and a couple of twist ties, or you could build something kinda like in my instructable.

pyrotecnix 16 years ago

i have a bulky 7ah batt. were or how could i hide it or disguise it.

jimbo333 14 years ago

you could just put it on a rack that goes over the back tire, its not disguised but it works.

steple 16 years ago

Hide it in an old bottle and place it in your bottle holder.

jimbo333 15 years ago

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

tjoe 14 years ago

relly it dosent overheat im thinking about using a 12v 60w

jimbo333 14 years ago

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.

boomer225 16 years ago

so where do you get a Battery like that and how do you charge it ?

tyronemenezes 15 years ago

i bought the battery in a simple electronics house, and charge it with a small wireless 12v phone charger.....

CameronSS 16 years ago

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.

Shadow Brujah 16 years ago

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

tyronemenezes 16 years ago

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