Rene, The piggyback connectors should already by twice as wide to account for the double thickness. Just press them onto the hub terminals as normal, and you'll have a second set of new terminals to plug your headight wire into.
Anton velolumino.com On Thursday, March 31, 2016 at 10:59:03 AM UTC-4, René wrote: > > I checked out the Sinewave Cycles booth at NAHBS and came away impressed. > I'm going to get the Piggyback connectors to run the charger in parallel > with my light. However, now that I'm checking their site to order them, I > cannot figure out how they're installed on the Shmidt hub. > > Do thy go side by side with the tabs on the hub and if so, do you need to > pry open one of the connectors due to the double thickness? > > Maybe I'm slow this morning, but I can't remember how it was explained to > me at their booth. There are no instructions on the website. > > René > > On Thursday, March 31, 2016, Minh <mgian...@gmail.com <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> sorry all for replying to myself, re: the usb charging, try to solicit >> feedback from folks that have done it, for me the charge rate is slow >> enough that i'd rather have brighter lights in lieu of USB charging and >> i'll figure out the USB power another way (charging at lunch etc), but i >> also don't have a constant USB use requirement. if i were needing to power >> a GPS computer or phone during the entire ride that may change my >> thinking---though i believe that in either case the phone would still use >> battery just at a lower rate than normal. >> >> but make sure you do some research on this to make sure you understand >> the trade-offs. >> >> On Thursday, March 31, 2016 at 10:05:22 AM UTC-4, Minh wrote: >>> >>> drew, >>> >>> it can feel overwhelming but don't over-think it too much, one thing i >>> have noticed is that lights are leap-frogging each other in terms of >>> brightness every year, even something like the luxos u (which is only 2 >>> years old?) are being beat in terms of brightness by the lights coming out >>> now. the luxos is still quite bright so if the USB is a requirement i >>> would still choose it, but if not check out the newer lights as well. >>> >>> peter white and anton's site (velolumino) will have you covered, anton >>> in particular will give you the cleanest installation tips. >>> >>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "RBW Owners Bunch" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
