Five years ago, we were the sole US supplier of these - it was the first product we sold at Hiawatha. The original SL100 model works great and I know of several that are still going after 5 hard years, Minneapolis winters, etc. The drawback of this model is that when the bike stops, the lights stop. Later models integrated a capacitor to keep the lights flashing for several minutes at stops. Unfortunately, the capacitor lights were much less reliable, and often stopped working after a short time. I hope that Reelight has since addressed this issue, but we have since stopped stocking them for several reasons.
They work by induction. Spoke magnets pass close to a coil in the light mechanism. This induces a current to light the LED. The capacitor models store a charge that is then run through a circuit that either flashes the LED at a constant frequency or powers the LED steadily (non-flashing), depending on the model. It should be noted that these are "be seen" lights, not on par with any of the lights that actually illuminate the road. And since they are mounted low at the wheel axle, they are probably not at optimal high to "be seen". -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bu...@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch?hl=en.
