HELP!!!!!!!!!!! --- Bike light charger problem.

TrailRat said:

I have for the past two weeks almost destroyed my flat looking for the
charger to my Cateye ABS 20 bike lights but to no avail.

And today I have had my third email from a shop informing me that they
can't get their hands on one.

Any suggestions?

At least the clocks are changing this weekend!

TrailRat said:

Any suggestions?

Not what you want to hear, but... a hub dynamo lighting system.

Pete.
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TrailRat said:

I have for the past two weeks almost destroyed my flat looking for the
charger to my Cateye ABS 20 bike lights but to no avail.

I think I have one of them going spare.

I bought a set (good price) and the wrong charger was in there,
so I bought a new one.

Can you give me the model of your batteries?
(Might have given this to someone else - if so I apologise.
If it is in the parts box you are wlecome to it)

TrailRat said:

I have for the past two weeks almost destroyed my flat looking for the
charger to my Cateye ABS 20 bike lights but to no avail.

Looking at the sockets on the batteries, do they have four slots or
five? Will confirm by email, the charger I have is model CHR-2210

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Any suggestions?

Yeah, sure. If it's chr-2210 (wall wart linked to separate box with to
plugs) I've got a spare here - I designed my own battery pack and used that.
There are even a couple of packs spare.

Drop me a line.

timdunne at nervouscyclist dot org
timdunne at blueyonder dot co dot uk

HTH

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TrailRat said:

I have for the past two weeks almost destroyed my flat looking for the
charger to my Cateye ABS 20 bike lights but to no avail.

And today I have had my third email from a shop informing me that they
can't get their hands on one.

Any suggestions?

Have you tried down the back of the sofa? If you find any money, I want 50%.

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TrailRat said:

Any suggestions?

Not what you want to hear, but... a hub dynamo lighting system.

Pete.
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Do hub dynamo lights give adequete light on unlit country lanes?

Adam Lea said:

Do hub dynamo lights give adequete light on unlit country lanes?

Yes certainly, though you might prefer a high-power rechargeable system if
you want to go very fast and see far ahead without having to concentrate
hard.

Even the ancient barely-working Sturmey Archey hub dymano I once used was
good enough for moderate speed on unlit roads.

~PB

Adam Lea said:

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Quoted message said:

TrailRat said:

Any suggestions?

Not what you want to hear, but... a hub dynamo lighting system.

Pete.
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Do hub dynamo lights give adequete light on unlit country lanes?

Mine does. SON wired to give 12V through 2 bulbs.

Not cheap but reliable which is what I need for my commute.

--chris

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TrailRat said:

Any suggestions?

Not what you want to hear, but... a hub dynamo lighting system.

Do hub dynamo lights give adequete light on unlit country lanes?

Absolutely - and then some. Not recommended for technical single track,
because they don't work well at very low speeds. But at any normal cycling
speeds, brighter than all but the most expensive battery systems.

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Pete Biggs said:

Adam Lea said:

Do hub dynamo lights give adequete light on unlit country lanes?

Yes certainly, though you might prefer a high-power rechargeable system if
you want to go very fast and see far ahead without having to concentrate
hard.

I have Cateye OptiCube HL-EL300 for general use but I do use the
rechargeable rig for high speed forest runs. In the middle of the
woods at 1am, these lights are a god send at high speeds.

For those offers of chargers many thanks. The batteries I have are the
NiCD cylinder types that bolt on under the bottle cage. The charger in
question has the wall plug which leads into a transformer which leads
onto two separate jack plugs to charge both batteries.

Adam Lea asked:

Quoted message said:

Do hub dynamo lights give adequete light on unlit country lanes?

On an unlit cyclepath I find that my SON with Lumotec Oval Senso Plus
(halogen) gives enough light to ride comfortably up to about 12mph, or
14 if I'm feeling slightly reckless. I don't want my speed to be quite
so restricted, so I also use Lumicycles.

If you wire up a second light (like Chris) or if you use an LED lamp
(like the D-Lumotec Oval Senso Plus) then the dynamo should provide
enough light to go a fair bit faster. On unlit country lanes, though,
I'm happier with far more light than I need to see by because it gives
some protection against the kind of motorist who assumes at night that
there will be nothing coming towards him round a bend if he can't see a
headlight beam.

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Do hub dynamo lights give adequete light on unlit country lanes?

Depends on the headlight. The Oval Plus makes me nervous around about
20mph. I've yet to be unhappy at any speed with the Schmidt E6, and I
think we've had the tandem up to about 35mph downhill [1] at night.

[1] If you can call the pimples which occasionally appear in
Cambridgeshire "hills".
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TrailRat said:

I have for the past two weeks almost destroyed my flat looking for the
charger to my Cateye ABS 20 bike lights but to no avail.

And today I have had my third email from a shop informing me that they
can't get their hands on one.

Any suggestions?

What sort of battery does it have? Is it a stupid proprietary
connector for the charger?

Chris
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TrailRat said:

Pete Biggs said:

Adam Lea said:

Do hub dynamo lights give adequete light on unlit country lanes?

Yes certainly, though you might prefer a high-power rechargeable system if
you want to go very fast and see far ahead without having to concentrate
hard.

I have Cateye OptiCube HL-EL300 for general use but I do use the
rechargeable rig for high speed forest runs. In the middle of the
woods at 1am, these lights are a god send at high speeds.

For those offers of chargers many thanks. The batteries I have are the
NiCD cylinder types that bolt on under the bottle cage. The charger in
question has the wall plug which leads into a transformer which leads
onto two separate jack plugs to charge both batteries.

Have you emailed Cateye?
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Chris Eilbeck said:

What sort of battery does it have? Is it a stupid proprietary
connector for the charger?

Yes. The Ni-MH ones have four 'slots' in the side of the connector.
The Hi capacity ones have five slots.

Quoted message said:

Have you emailed Cateye?
--
Three wheels good, two wheels ok

www.catrike.co.uk

Yes, they helpfully informed me that the line is now discontinued.

John Hearns said:

Chris Eilbeck said:

What sort of battery does it have? Is it a stupid proprietary
connector for the charger?

Yes. The Ni-MH ones have four 'slots' in the side of the connector.
The Hi capacity ones have five slots.

The sort I have is a NiCD type, cylinder type. Which bolts on under
the bottle cage.

Not sure what is meant by slot?

Oh and could I run these lights of another battery rig from another
company?

TrailRat said:

John Hearns said:

Chris Eilbeck said:

What sort of battery does it have? Is it a stupid proprietary
connector for the charger?

Yes. The Ni-MH ones have four 'slots' in the side of the connector.
The Hi capacity ones have five slots.

The sort I have is a NiCD type, cylinder type. Which bolts on under
the bottle cage.

Not sure what is meant by slot?

Oh and could I run these lights of another battery rig from another
company?

Whatever you do, getting a connector to match the proprietary one will
be a problem. You could cut the one that you have off and put a
plug/socket pair in line from it so you can connect a different
charger (the Mascot ones from RS are good) or use this short tail as
an adaptor to a different battery pack. http://www.modelpower.co.uk/
will make up custom packs for you if they don't have anything
off-the-shelf to match what you already have. They sell chargers too
but they're usually the sort to let you recharge your model aircraft
from your car battery, not from the mains at home.

Chris
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