[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]
>
>>>  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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