LED Carbide Lamp

[MazdaFlyer]

This a quick fix to update a carbide lamp without altering it.

I’m sure there are better ways to do this as I said at the start a quick fix. Chime in if you have another way.


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[GuitarlCarl]

I like it. I picked up a carbide miner's style with the open flame. While they are getting rarer, the one I found is fairly new maybe even a repop, and with little invested it'll be going under the knife soon...

Carl.

 

[MattiThundrrr]

If you are lucky, the green plastic LED will match your grips!

 

[MazdaFlyer]

If you are lucky, the green plastic LED will match your grips!

It’s close.

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[Duchess]

Nice and simple!

If you want to get fancier, they have LED lights that look and flicker like flames. Don't know if it would work any better, though.

 

[MazdaFlyer]

Nice and simple!

If you want to get fancier, they have LED lights that look and flicker like flames. Don't know if it would work any better, though.

Thanks!
I put new batteries in the light module, still not to bright. I’ll be on the lookout for another LED option.


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[Duchess]

Questionable ancient lantern optics aside, IME, if you want it bright enough to really see with, it's cheapest to move up in voltage. I like to use 12V lights with cheap lithium ion battery packs, which also allows the use of a wide selection of cheap automotive/motorcycle lighting. Cheesy Chinesium lights that are more style suggestions of lighting on a car work well on a bike. There's a little math involved in sizing the battery for the amp draw and how long you want it to be able to run between charges and you need to make sure the battery pack can handle the discharge rate the light will need, but not a big deal since all the numbers you need should be listed wherever you want to buy them from. You could probably fit a battery in the fuel tank, though the shape isn't ideal for a larger pack, so you might be limited in light size if you want a decent run time. A couple smaller packs wired in parallel might be a way around that. Of course, you could build a custom pack that best fills the cylindrical space, but you're going to want a spot welder for it.

For 12V lighting I've used that throws good light, a motorcycle LED headlight, an auxiliary fog light, and an LED converted projection headlight from an old Mazda have all worked well. I've also used cab clearance beehive lights, but they're better as "being seen" lights.