[OrRando] i am now prepped for the nighttime populaire...
joel metz
magpie at blackbirdsf.org
Fri Apr 14 11:04:58 PDT 2006
should be able to find it at any decent hardware store. if youve
purchased your schmidt and/or lighting from peter white, he sends
little bits of shrink tubing along with any light or hub, at least in
my experience...
-joel
>Where can I purchase the shrink tubing?
>
>dr
>
>On 4/14/06, Bert Lutz
><<mailto:bert_lutz at hotmail.com>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:
><mailto:orrando-bounces at tire.patch.com>orrando-bounces at tire.patch.com
>[mailto:<mailto:orrando-bounces at tire.patch.com>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
><<mailto:magpie at blackbirdsf.org>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:
><mailto:orrando-bounces at tire.patch.com>orrando-bounces at tire.patchcom
>>> [mailto:<mailto:orrando-bounces at tire.patch.com>orrando-bounces at tire.patchcom]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:
><mailto:orrando-bounces at tire.patch.com>orrando-bounces at tire.patchcom
>>> [mailto:<mailto:orrando-bounces at tire.patch.com>orrando-bounces at tire.patchcom]
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>>> 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:<mailto:magpie at blackbirdsf.org>
>>>magpie at blackbirdsf.org><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! :)
>>>
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