[OrRando] i am now prepped for the nighttime populaire...
David Rowe
david.readytoride at gmail.com
Fri Apr 14 11:00:45 PDT 2006
Where can I purchase the shrink tubing?
dr
On 4/14/06, Bert Lutz <bert_lutz at hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> Here is a link that gives some info on the water tightness of the Topal.
>
> *http://www.baldurdash.org/OtherStuff/dlumotec.html*<http://www.baldurdash.org/OtherStuff/dlumotec.html>I
> don't know whether this was my problem or not. My failure was 15 hours into
> a ride with almost continuous hard rain. May have the opportunity to retest
> on Saturday night as rain appears to be in the forecast and I have not
> attempted any reconfiguration as yet.
>
> Here is what I'm think about doing over the next 2 weeks.
>
> 1. Run a single stout wire pair (gauge?) from the hub up to a small
> waterproof junction box near the fork crown. I'll need to solder on some
> spade connectors on one end to attach to the hub and put plenty of shrink
> tubing around same. Maybe some sort of strain relief mechanism (stiff wire,
> spring or some such) to minimize stress on the wire at the hub.
>
> 2. Plug the lights into the junction box using some sort of connectors
> (maybe spade again) so that I can more easily remove lights if necessary and
> to facilitate testing.
>
> 3. Investigate storm proofing the Topal in some way just in case water is
> finding its way up into the electronics.
>
>
>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* orrando-bounces at tire.patch.com [mailto:
> orrando-bounces at tire.patch.com] *On Behalf Of *David Rowe
> *Sent:* Friday, April 14, 2006 9:39 AM
> *To:* Oregon area Randonneurs
>
> *Subject:* Re: [OrRando] i am now prepped for the nighttime populaire...
>
> Joel and Bert -
>
> Any thoughts on the lighting failures/shorts that were reported here
> yesterday? I wonder if it was a short _inside_ the fixture housing, rather
> than exposure of the contacts to rain.
>
> dr
>
> On 4/14/06, joel metz <magpie at blackbirdsf.org> wrote:
>
> > ive never actually soldered that connection on any of my bikes with
> schmidts... just crimp crimp crimp! :)
>
> i generally unplug the hub after releasing the wheel, which gives me
> a good bit more space to wiggle things around with... im also a
> stickler for extra wiring at the hub end, again, for more wiggle
> room, and more to grab on to...
>
> im also quite liberal in my use of shrink tubing, anything that gives
> that area more body to grab on to. ive always been nervous of that
> situation, but ive never had problems (and at times, i can be
> downright sloppy with it, just forgetting to unplug at all before
> pulling the wheel etc :) ) im actually surprised that the connection
> on my work bike hasnt broken in this manner, considering the amount
> of exposure its had, and the number of times ive sloppily
> disconnected it over the past 8 years or so...
>
> -joel
>
>
> >I'm always having to take my ft wheel on and off which means lots of
> >unplugging and plugging the E6 from the hub. Two days ago I ended up with
>
> >the connector on the hub and the wire in my hand. So I looked at it
> >yesterday and my solder connections still looked really fine (Thanks to
> the
> >my Elec Engineering internship spent replacing components on PCBs.) It
> was a
> >simple mechanical failure... the wire just eventually failed from the
> >plugging/unplugging I'd been expecting this, trying to grab those 2
> little
> >connectors.
> >
> >Has anyone a better solution? I've stayed away from splicing in another
> >connector because these tend to become new failure points ..
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: orrando-bounces at tire.patchcom <orrando-bounces at tire.patch.com>
> >> [mailto:orrando-bounces at tire.patchcom <orrando-bounces at tire.patch.com>]On
> Behalf Of Bert Lutz
>
> >> Sent: Thursday, April 13, 2006 11:35 AM
> >> To: 'Oregon area Randonneurs'
> >> Subject: RE: [OrRando] i am now prepped for the nighttime populaire...
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Well, the fleche was my test bed for my new lights and there is some
> good
> >> news and bad news.
> >>
> >> The good news is that I really like the d'Lumotec Topal (primary) and
> E6
> >> combo. The Topal led lights up the "near" world with LOTS of
> >> light. Almost
> >> tempted to put on some shades, ;-) It also kicks in at about 3 mph
> which
> >> was really nice at 3am climbing in the rain. The stand light is
> >> bright and
> >> seems to work for about 5 minutes. It also has an auto sensing
> >> feature that
> >> turns on the light at dusk. At dawn the light goes off and
> unfortunately,
> >> occasionally as a car approaches from the rear where the sensor
> >> is located.
> >> ;-). The E6 throws a much more focused beam with a longer reach
> >> once I get
> >> moving and the 2 are a good together.
> >>
> >> The bad news is that both of my lights died on the fleche. The Topal
> came
> >> back after an hour or so and the E6 is now working again several
> >> days later.
> >> I suspect that the issue was a water induced short and although I
> soldered
> >> and sealed all the splices, I must have missed something. There was a
> LOT
> >> of rain on the fleche so this may be an aberration. I have also seen
> one
> >> post on a message board that the Topal is not as weather proof as the
> E6.
> >> Anyway, I had a spare EL500 as a backup and that saved the day.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: orrando-bounces at tire.patchcom <orrando-bounces at tire.patch.com>
> >> [mailto:orrando-bounces at tire.patchcom <orrando-bounces at tire.patch.com>
> ]
>
> >> On Behalf Of joel metz
> >> Sent: Tuesday, April 11, 2006 1:44 PM
> >> To: Oregon area Randonneurs
> >> Subject: Re: [OrRando] i am now prepped for the nighttime populaire...
> >>
> >>
> >> well, youre gonna find a big e6 booster in me :)
> >>
> >> the lumotecs are fine, though - i rode the last couple of years with
> >> twin lumos, and was just fine - but on pbp, when i first really got
> >> to see the beam pattern of the e6, jealousy kicked in...
> >>
> >> im just running one for the time being, mounted under the hbar bag to
> >> the immediate left of the wheel. ill be adding a second eventually,
> >> mounted to the right side fork tip, for better pothole vision.
> >>
> >> -joel
> >>
> >> At 10:59 -0700 04.11.2006, nate armbrust wrote:
> > > >I'm looking forward to checking out everybody's light setups on the
> >> >100K this Saturday night. I'm in the market for another lamp and I'm
> >> >hoping to do a little research on our ride, looking at light output
> >> >and beam patterns of different lamps. This will work out great
> >> >unless it turns out that everybody has an E6.
> >> >
> >> >See you Saturday.
> >> >
> >> >Nate
> >> >
> >> >On 4/11/06, joel metz
> >> ><<mailto: magpie at blackbirdsf.org>magpie at blackbirdsf.org> wrote:
> >> >
> >> >schmidt wheel built, e6 wired up, and i just finished my diy
> >> >reflective sash mk. 2.
> >> >
> >> >im not really the orange reflective vest type, and i just cant make
> >> >myself *buy* one of those ugly things, so ive one-upped the sash mk.
> >> >1 (which was constructed of cut-up reflective road sign material) and
>
> >> >made a sash out of some lightweight grey reflective fabric my
> >> >housemate had. rolled up, its about half the size and weight of a
> >> >clif bar - and blindingly reflective.
> >> >
> >> >compared to the sash mk. 1, that means i can carry 1 more sandwich
> >> >with the space i save! :)
> >>
> >> --
> >> joel metz : magpie at blackbirdsf.org : http://www.blackbirdsf.org/
> >> bike messengers worldwide : ifbma : http://www.messengers.org/
> >> portland, oregon
> >> ==
> >> i know what innocence looks like - and it wasn't there,
> >> after she got that bicycle...
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> bike messengers worldwide : ifbma : http://www.messengers.org/
> portland, oregon
> ==
> i know what innocence looks like - and it wasn't there,
> after she got that bicycle...
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