6V bulb for Cateye Micro?

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I have a Cateye Micro that I use for around town, and when I'm caught out late. It's OK, but more
light would be better. I've seen the 6V versions of this light that came with external batteries.
So I'm wondering if I could put one of those bulbs in mine, and what the required parts' numbers
would be. I guess I might need a reflector too. I'm asking here because you guys would know a lot
better than my LBS (bless their hearts).

Matt: One of the smaller lighting companies used to make a retrofit kit to do something like that,
but the problem was that, quite often, the amount of heat generated was too much for the housing, so
you'd have a meltdown. A better idea might be to spring for the HL300 (a 5-LED self-contained 4AA
unit made by Cateye). I've used it for some roadbike night riding, and find it to be about the
minimum you could get by with. Works great with NiMH batteries, but be aware that not all headlights
do; the lower voltage (1.2 vs 1.5) gets in the way of lights that have fancy electronics in them.

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I have a Cateye Micro that I use for around town, and when I'm caught out late. It's OK, but more
light would be better. I've seen the 6V versions of this light that came with external batteries.
So I'm wondering if I could put one of those bulbs in mine, and what the required parts' numbers
would be. I guess I might need a reflector too. I'm asking here because you guys would know a lot
better than my LBS (bless their hearts). It would be *so* much easier to just walk in there with a
part #...

Runtime shouldn't be an issue -- with 1.8Ah NiMH AAs around these days, I'll have plenty for what
I use this light for.

Thanks!

Matt O.

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I have a Cateye Micro that I use for around town, and when I'm caught out late. It's OK, but
more light would be better. I've seen the 6V versions of this light that came with external
batteries. So I'm wondering if I could put one of those bulbs in mine, and what the required
parts' numbers would be. I guess I might need a reflector too. I'm asking here because you guys
would know a lot better than my LBS (bless their hearts).

Matt: One of the smaller lighting companies used to make a retrofit kit to do something like that,
but the problem was that, quite often, the amount of heat generated was too much for the housing,
so you'd have a meltdown. A better idea might be to spring for the HL300 (a 5-LED self-contained
4AA unit made by Cateye). I've used it for some roadbike night riding, and find it to be about the
minimum you could get by with. Works great with NiMH batteries, but be aware that not all
headlights do; the lower voltage (1.2 vs 1.5) gets in the way of lights that have fancy
electronics in them.

I know the kit you're talking about -- the original Turbocat, which was a 4W retrofit to the
original Micro, with an external battery pack. That's not *quite* what I'm looking for.

Cateye themselves sold a 6W version of the HL-500 Micro II. It came in a kit with an external
battery pack. The light itself was exactly the same, but with a 6W bulb and improved reflector (to
avoid the melting problem). These are the parts I'm looking for, from Cateye.

The LED lights are neat, but provide less light than the Micro II. I'm looking for something
brighter, that's completely self contained, and very small/lightweight.

Matt O.

Matt: Why not contact Cateye directly, to see if the parts are available? I could try myself, but
it's more likely you'll get the correct information across to them, since you know exactly what
you're trying to accomplish.

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I have a Cateye Micro that I use for around town, and when I'm caught out late. It's OK, but
more light would be better. I've seen the 6V versions of this light that came with external
batteries. So I'm wondering if I could put one of those bulbs in mine, and what the required
parts' numbers would be. I guess I might need a reflector too. I'm asking here because you
guys would know a lot better than my LBS (bless their hearts).

Matt: One of the smaller lighting companies used to make a retrofit kit

to

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do something like that, but the problem was that, quite often, the

amount of

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heat generated was too much for the housing, so you'd have a meltdown.

A

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better idea might be to spring for the HL300 (a 5-LED self-contained 4AA unit made by Cateye).
I've used it for some roadbike night riding, and

find

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it to be about the minimum you could get by with. Works great with NiMH batteries, but be aware
that not all headlights do; the lower voltage

(1.2

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vs 1.5) gets in the way of lights that have fancy electronics in them.

I know the kit you're talking about -- the original Turbocat, which was a

4W

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retrofit to the original Micro, with an external battery pack. That's not *quite* what I'm
looking for.

Cateye themselves sold a 6W version of the HL-500 Micro II. It came in a

kit

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with an external battery pack. The light itself was exactly the same, but

with

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a 6W bulb and improved reflector (to avoid the melting problem). These

are the

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parts I'm looking for, from Cateye.

The LED lights are neat, but provide less light than the Micro II. I'm

looking

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for something brighter, that's completely self contained, and very small/lightweight.

Matt O.