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roli150lam wrote:how many alloy ones failed? i've only ever seen a photo of one that had failed...allegedly.imo the photo didn't look at all geniune.
i have one of the original alloy carriers,the type with the thumbscrew that makez for easy removal.i'v had it fitted for several years now.never had a problem with it.

Hi.
I have made contact with the guy who made the type you have described, I am waiting on him getting back in tough with me his at least will carry a alarm battery where as the cam lam 1 only fits their small 1 which when I have rigged it up will not light up the spot light that it is intended for; i have contacted them and waiting for a response. The spot light works with the alarm battery with the same wiring configuration!

Cheers Shane.

hi,good luck,i hope you get a reply.

Sorry for the delay.
they said that my lamp needs to be LED which it is, my plan is to hook everything up including the 4 pin regulator and try running the bike and then trying the light? if this doesn't work then plan B!

Cheers Shane.

Well.
Here I am again, so it did not work using the battery supplied so back to plan A not B, I am going to use a 12V 7.2ah gel battery which was my initial purchase for the spot light.

Cheers Shane.

shane BBoys wrote:Well.
Here I am again, so it did not work using the battery supplied so back to plan A not B, I am going to use a 12V 7.2ah gel battery which was my initial purchase for the spot light.

Cheers Shane.

What do you mean by it not working, did the battery not hold charge for long?

The problem with the 5 pin regulator is that it only provides enough current to trile charge the battery, electricity tricles in but gushes out when you connect a load. I have had several full DC converions over the years and even they struggle to charge a battery s well as powering the lights. The type of riding you do is a major factor, town riding will result in little or no chrging if the headlight is on at anything much below 45 ish mph Dual carriageways are ok though, on long trips I turn my headlights off on long dual carriage ways to give the battery a chance to recover.

there is a small business in Saxilby,Lincs.they make quality led bulbs for classic cars&bikes.they do ba21d fit.well worth a look.
classic dynamo&regulator conversions.

coaster wrote:

shane BBoys wrote:Well.
Here I am again, so it did not work using the battery supplied so back to plan A not B, I am going to use a 12V 7.2ah gel battery which was my initial purchase for the spot light.

Cheers Shane.

What do you mean by it not working, did the battery not hold charge for long?

The problem with the 5 pin regulator is that it only provides enough current to trile charge the battery, electricity tricles in but gushes out when you connect a load. I have had several full DC converions over the years and even they struggle to charge a battery s well as powering the lights. The type of riding you do is a major factor, town riding will result in little or no chrging if the headlight is on at anything much below 45 ish mph Dual carriageways are ok though, on long trips I turn my headlights off on long dual carriage ways to give the battery a chance to recover.

Hi.
I fully charged the battery ( not the 12v 7amh this works fine ) the week before trying it out, it is a 4 pin regulator due to my old Indian type ignition. a battery box is being made as I type for the 7amh battery.

Cheer Shane.

roli150lam wrote:there is a small business in Saxilby,Lincs.they make quality led bulbs for classic cars&bikes.they do ba21d fit.well worth a look.
classic dynamo&regulator conversions.

It is more than likely this is where I got mine from, I have 2 Lucas spots on my Spanish El Toro and they work off a tiny 12v battery that I hooked up as a trial.


Cheers Shane.

who is making the battery box?

who is making the battery box for you?

Sorry to butt inb but what is the name of the place that does the bulbs , cheers liam

classic dynamo&regulator conversions

roli150lam wrote:who is making the battery box?

You know you cannot advertise on here, looking at where you are from I am guessing you may know him

no i don't know him.never been to his shop never bought anything from him.
might be a better option than buying chinese made led bulbs tho.

Thanks for that

So here's a weird 1 I was having a tidy up in the garage and thought I would try the smaller battery on my Spanish S2 El Toro where I have rigged up 2 x Lucas spots ready to run off some sort of battery as I'm leaving this 6v for now and it is a long term project, anyhow both have LED lamps no switch as yet and not fuses and they both lit up?

Very Baffled Shane.