Hi there I am new to the forums and I am looking into making a cheap lightweight portable HID light. The problem is I can only achieve 2 of the 3 goals. Light wieght and portable HID but not cheap. Sorry for the long post.
I ride mountain bikes and I happen to find myself in the dark more often due to this recent daylight savings time change. I have looked into buying some lights specific to my application but they are extremely pricey. I just think that if I went this route I'd get a whole lot more bang for the buck.
In no way am I trying to have people do my research for me. I just noticed that people here have done this before and know what the heck they are doing. Where as I have never done this and I don't want to throw away $300 dollars. I have tried the search bar and I couldn't find quite what I was looking for. This is what I am looking at right now. I have no idea if there is another battery option that is cheaper and maybe just a bit heavier and only 12v instead of the 5-19v range. PLEASE HELP. I was going to keep my light in my back pack until I needed it. Then mount it to the bars and have the battery in my backpack. So I would also appreciate it if you guys could recommend a quick release (just incase I crash) that wouldn't drain to much power or have a bad power transfer rate. I was planning on chosing the battery pack with the different voltages because it would make it possible for me to possibly overpower the light and make it brighter. Correct me if my ideas are wrong. Please forgive my technological terminology ignorance but I hope you understand what I meant in the last sentence and where ever else I might have been unclear.
The light is here with the specs it has a built in ballast and it can probably take a beating because it's meant for offroad.
http://hidfoglight.com/productsAndServices/hid7Trucklight.html
This is the power source I was looking at because it has different voltage settings and it weight 1 lb.
http://www.powerstream.com/PST-MP3500.htm
I ride mountain bikes and I happen to find myself in the dark more often due to this recent daylight savings time change. I have looked into buying some lights specific to my application but they are extremely pricey. I just think that if I went this route I'd get a whole lot more bang for the buck.
In no way am I trying to have people do my research for me. I just noticed that people here have done this before and know what the heck they are doing. Where as I have never done this and I don't want to throw away $300 dollars. I have tried the search bar and I couldn't find quite what I was looking for. This is what I am looking at right now. I have no idea if there is another battery option that is cheaper and maybe just a bit heavier and only 12v instead of the 5-19v range. PLEASE HELP. I was going to keep my light in my back pack until I needed it. Then mount it to the bars and have the battery in my backpack. So I would also appreciate it if you guys could recommend a quick release (just incase I crash) that wouldn't drain to much power or have a bad power transfer rate. I was planning on chosing the battery pack with the different voltages because it would make it possible for me to possibly overpower the light and make it brighter. Correct me if my ideas are wrong. Please forgive my technological terminology ignorance but I hope you understand what I meant in the last sentence and where ever else I might have been unclear.
The light is here with the specs it has a built in ballast and it can probably take a beating because it's meant for offroad.
http://hidfoglight.com/productsAndServices/hid7Trucklight.html
This is the power source I was looking at because it has different voltage settings and it weight 1 lb.
http://www.powerstream.com/PST-MP3500.htm
