It doesn't keep up. I ride with my headlight on bright all the time. Bright being a relative term on a 6V system. I found that my battery would drain on a long ride. I started putting it on a trickle charger whenever it was parked in the garage. I now have LEDs front and rear, and it never needs charging, although I still check it from time to time. Vech told me once that in 1958, people didn't run driving lights all day long like many of us do now, so it wasn't an issue.
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Charging devices on a 6V R60/2 system
Re: Charging devices on a 6V R60/2 system
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Re: Charging devices on a 6V R60/2 system
Following is what I did:
- I purchased the 5 on Amazon for $10.59 (very affordable) and tested them on a 6 volt battery, they worked.
- I needed a plastic box to put the 5 USB step-down converters into and all the boxes I found were too large. I stole the plastic box from my wife's Trident gum and used that! They fit great!
- I soldered wires on the converters.
- I put the converters into the box and held them in with hot glue.
- I joined all the converters up, drilled a hole into the box and ran an SAE quick disconnect plug through it.
- I used hot glue and clear silicon to waterproof it as well as possible.
- Once done, I used my hot knife to cut the holes for the USB ports. I figured it may help waterproof it somewhat, but I likely will be using a plastic bag around it anyway.
- I then made another wire to hook into the headlight and I put a fuse inline with a 7.5 amp fuse. I may need to raise that if I use all 5 ports on the USB. I am sure that will drag more than that. I might raise it to 15 amps.
I still need to do more testing with it, but so far I am very happy with what I have created. It looks like crap, and if I am to do it again I will change several things, but I do like the trident plastic box!!!
The nice part is that this will work on 6 volt or 12 volt systems and because I used an SAE plug I can plug it into anything that has an SAE plug to charge items.
I will keep you all updated!
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Re: Charging devices on a 6V R60/2 system
On a non side car bike, you can run the wire from the socket direct to the positive post of the battery, and using the side car plug, installed on your battery charger, you can conveniently charge the battery at any time, when the bike is not in use.
Likewise with the male plug, you can plug any accessory into the bike and it will function without the lights on.
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Re: Charging devices on a 6V R60/2 system
The wire going to the side car socket comes from the switched ignition board is only a .75mm diameter wire
You can add a 1.0mm or 1.5mm wire (fused) from the side car socket to battery POSITIVE
for a greater load like James needs for his USB charging box or a big night light/tire pump
exc.
the socket is always on
You can cap off the original .75mm wire feeding the side car socket
I don't use the side car socket for my side car
Use the frames for ground,and a 2 pin connector for right directional and brake/tail combo lights
54 R51/3, 55 R50/Velorex 560 sidecar, 64 R27, 68 R69US, 75 R75/6
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