Thank you. Yes, this battery and light conversion is quite the step up in performance! Hard to believe we thought that old system was actually great! lol This my best light system yet! :-)
Hi there, love your vid. You're almost there with the 12v system. Try using a BMS 3s 18650 battery charger it's more efficient than the Milwaukee batteries.
Thanks for commenting. Yes, I have done that battery configuration in a previous video. I went this route to make more plug and play for people that are not that electrically inclined. Cheers.
Thanks for commenting. These light are more of a flood/work light. In my first rendition, I used one light. It works good if you are going slower if less technical trails.. or on the road. I found in higher speed and technical trails it’s good to have the dual beam setup. What would be best is a flood and a spot like my original BLT lights. Cheers.
@@MikeFreda cool. There is a nilight flood that is similar size and shape.... The parts are really cheap here...I can get two if the lights for about $15. Two 3 amp batteries for $20, and a Milwaukee housing for $13. Nilight makes light bar mounts for about $10 that are to attach to ATV or sxs rack out bumper... Going to Mount it with that. I saw a couple of your other videos...I had not though of the 12v Milwaukee before seeing them... Just got into the 12v Milwaukee with their newer brushless high rpm ratchet. Thanks again
To my knowledge, these lights are not dimmable. They are either on or off. I suspect if you want to use a light like this you would need to aim them down or use some sort of tinted cover. Cheers.
@@MikeFreda I bought similar lights as your first version, they were dimmable with a PWM dimmer. Unfortunately the LED work lights don’t have enough output, they only consume 5 Watt (instead of 18 W).
so you have to stop and take the battery outm there is no way 2 hours is a long ride thats barely a warm up, why wont you just use a 2000 lumen flashlight chopped down ?
Very cool Mike :-) must be nice to dump the weight of the lead battery and get more burn time from the new battery
Thank you. Yes, this battery and light conversion is quite the step up in performance! Hard to believe we thought that old system was actually great! lol This my best light system yet! :-)
Hi there, love your vid. You're almost there with the 12v system. Try using a BMS 3s 18650 battery charger it's more efficient than the Milwaukee batteries.
Thanks for commenting. Yes, I have done that battery configuration in a previous video. I went this route to make more plug and play for people that are not that electrically inclined. Cheers.
Cool set up!!
Thanks. I’m pretty thrilled the way it turned out. The camera really doesn’t do the light justice, they are bright for bike lights. Cheers.
Did you make a video on that bike mount? Thats the part that interested me the most. Or at least a set of plans for it?
Yes, there are other videos of different versions of my bike lights. The previous video shows how I made the bracket. Cheers.
Are those lights driving pattern or something? I'm thinking if you had flood pattern lights you would only need one light
Thanks for commenting. These light are more of a flood/work light. In my first rendition, I used one light. It works good if you are going slower if less technical trails.. or on the road. I found in higher speed and technical trails it’s good to have the dual beam setup. What would be best is a flood and a spot like my original BLT lights. Cheers.
@@MikeFreda cool. There is a nilight flood that is similar size and shape.... The parts are really cheap here...I can get two if the lights for about $15. Two 3 amp batteries for $20, and a Milwaukee housing for $13. Nilight makes light bar mounts for about $10 that are to attach to ATV or sxs rack out bumper... Going to Mount it with that. I saw a couple of your other videos...I had not though of the 12v Milwaukee before seeing them... Just got into the 12v Milwaukee with their newer brushless high rpm ratchet. Thanks again
Could it be possible to add a dimmer to change the output on the fly?
To my knowledge, these lights are not dimmable. They are either on or off. I suspect if you want to use a light like this you would need to aim them down or use some sort of tinted cover. Cheers.
@@MikeFreda I bought similar lights as your first version, they were dimmable with a PWM dimmer. Unfortunately the LED work lights don’t have enough output, they only consume 5 Watt (instead of 18 W).
Have taken some inspiration from you and made a beast of a setup. Wish I could share in comments!
Please 🙏 can you do it step-by-step,wanna make one for my bike.
Please have a look at my other videos regarding bike lights. I’ve made a few that go into further detail. Cheers.
so you have to stop and take the battery outm there is no way 2 hours is a long ride thats barely a warm up, why wont you just use a 2000 lumen flashlight chopped down ?