I was putting a few small things on my bicycle to get it ready for some riding (new seat, LED lights front / rear, trip odometer / speedometer, etc) and ended up having some extra time and some random parts laying around… so I decided to have some fun because I can.
Shark Audio system (with Polk DB speakers) on a Schwinn bicycle FTW… lol
It’s the old 600 watt shark system that I removed from my Stryker run off a Craftsman 12volt lithium ion battery pack.
Surprisingly the draw does not seem to be dropping the battery too quick… figured out about an average of .01 volts every 2 minutes or so on medium volume running the FM radio.
I am well aware it’s dumb and useless… and it’s not staying on there. I was bored in the garage and decided to screw around a bit and see if it would even work. It was done more as a joke and a picture than anything else. It will all be taken off before my next ride because it’s just added weight.
I’m actually curious to see what you could come up with for an led bar mounted lighting system with rechargeable battery for my bike. I have one now that I mount on my helmet but another light on the bar would be even better. Something with a wide beam pattern. The helmet is great to see up and over things but a bar light is always pointed where your wheel is going. Having one each is the best of both worlds.
I’m assuming you are talking bicycle still? Doing an LED bar would probably work great because the LED draws very little power so it should last a while. However, getting into something that recharges itself could get pretty tricky. The best bet would be using something similar to what I just did and then all you’d have to do is plug it in to the charger when you got home. I would have to dig into figuring out a base setup for easy connection on the bike…
Yeah a rechargeable battery not something that charges while I ride. Yeah my current light is LED and throws some serious light and the battery goes for 3.5 hrs on its brightest setting and something crazy like 8 hrs on low which is still plenty enough light to ride. The advances LED’s have made over the last decade are unreal as far as light output and not looking blue.
