Posted by David T. Ashley on June 8, 2008, 12:49 am
> Unless I missed an obvious product, looks like you're stuck with a 6V
> bulb.
> Converting from 6V to 12V DC requires a device a bit more complicated than
> a
> transformer.
>Seems like you could almost do the whole electric
>system with a device no more complicated than a
>transformer if the bike was powered by an alternator.
>Put a transformer between the alternator and the
>rest of the bike and swap out 6 volt for 12 volt
>horn and bulbs.
I think the ease of stepping up and stepping down voltages with a
transformer was one of the reasons that AC rather than DC was chosen for the
power grid. This decision must be 100 years old now.
Posted by Rob Kleinschmidt on June 8, 2008, 2:50 am
> I think the ease of stepping up and stepping down voltages with a
> transformer was one of the reasons that AC rather than DC was chosen for the
> power grid. This decision must be 100 years old now.
It was. Edison vs. Tesla/Westinghouse. Edison
favored D.C. Power delivered from Niagara Falls
to Buffalo for the Pan American exposition ~1900.
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> bulb.
> Converting from 6V to 12V DC requires a device a bit more complicated than
> a
> transformer.
>Seems like you could almost do the whole electric
>system with a device no more complicated than a
>transformer if the bike was powered by an alternator.
>Put a transformer between the alternator and the
>rest of the bike and swap out 6 volt for 12 volt
>horn and bulbs.