How to add LED light strips | EVnerds giveaway contest
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- Опубликовано: 8 мар 2018
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I got say that using LED strips in series and avoiding DC-DC converter is very good idea! Thanks for the video.
Yeah these lights at night time look awesome!!
Avoiding a DC-DC converter is a very smart move, less inefficiencies more light with less wires and electronics. It's a WIN WIN =]
ElectricBIKE BRUNO THANKSSS
I rn a 48v 40amp controller on a 1500w ebike.. won't the overcurrent being drawn from the battery blow my dual 24c led strip if wired in series??
Thank you for staying consistent with your uploads and providing easy understand information! You rock!
Love this video! Thanks. You didn't show how to connect to the battery tho? Is there another video for that?
Be Careful! Adding lights can be additive. I started with a couple of led strips on a motorcycle. 50 plus led strips and clusters latter I knew I was hooked! Best of luck... Brant
I've done several led light projects on my pontoon boat, side by side and other places. One great idea to make them stay put is to use 3M adhesive strips on the mounting surface first. Then attach the light strip to the 3M strip and it really holds well. The 3M adhesive strip is the kind used to hold car trim and emblems in place so you know how sticky that is. It's available in the same width as the light strips from Amazon.
Thanks 🤗 I also hooked up a car flashing relay through the switch to the lights to be more noticeable , its working beautifully 😊
Thanks for your video but it isn't explained how you connect the LEDs to your e bikes power supply/battery? Do you somehow plug into the e bike's battery's charging port or somewhere else and what connector/s to use? Thank you for anyone's feedback
I’d love the answer to this aswell
Informative as always, Micah. I have a video suggestion: A round up of all the connectors you can use on a ebike. I'm shopping parts for my new bike and I'm lost. I was thinking about using EC5 for my 12v lights and gps tracker. Could I use to connect them to hook up my 52v battery too? What's the difference between EC5 and XT90?
Nice touch to add more safety and I might try that sometime but I have 48 volts, I think I need a converter
EV NERDS website is freaking AWESOME, Marko is doing a fantastic job creating a massive EV news and hub for all the electric powered community... ohhh yeaaahhh!!!! =]
Thanks for all the great content, Micah! I really appreciate it, and I know I'm not the only one.
I admire your work and presentations! keep it up!
Micah, I really appreciate your channel. You've been a tremendous help for me in understanding and entering the world of ebikes. I would love to hear your take on a self-charging ebike. What would it take to use a dynamo or generator to recharge the battery as you ride?
That's easy. Just a quick modification of the laws of thermodynamics is all you need.
Hi Mike, first of all huge fan, love the way you put things across , you make it feel so easy and encourage everyone to just go for it. I just tried to make my own battery pack with new Samsung batteries, I just welded everything together and power was perfect (24v pack 6s BMS 36 cells ), I left the pack overnight. When I checked it again in the morning 2 rows had dropped below 2v, any suggestions where the problem could be
im gonna do the same for ground effects on my electric ripstick. Love the vids bud!
Awesome. The front really lights up the road. Do you need fuse them?
Thanks 😊 for sharing your knowledge 🙏
some of those handlebar switches have L and R turn signals - would be nice to incorporate this feature with your light strips.
Cool light setup !
QUESTION! if I add 3x 12v led strips in series to my 36v e-bike.. should I wire them (with a switch) directly to the battery, or in the key switch circuit? I wonder if the led could/ would lower the returning voltage to the controller, and shut it off.. hmm...
Short and sweet video. Thanks
Are these lights connected to your Ebike battery? I’d love to see a video of how to set that up.
Very helpful, thanks!
Hello. I’m happy to see your videos. I need to know if I can power a bike light with a built in dc dc converter in it on my 48v battery in series by directly attaching the positive negative wires to my bikes 48v battery. If so is it to the terminals on just one battery?
thank you for sharing this
Should I use washers to separate the wires for the light from the wires for the motor on the terminal screws?
Love the videos, very helpful for a beginner. So here's a beginner's question ... How do you wire them to the battery? Do batteries come with extra connections for accessories?
You can conectt it to your charger port on most batteries or u can tap in the battery output connector
@@malicewhite2168 Thanks!
Hmm.. I gotta look into this when me Ebike arrives
Great info. Thanks
Thanks for lighting the way.
Could you do a eletric bike from the zero. With an motor like MY1016 or something like that?. I'd love to see it here, how to mount, max speed etc
It hadn't occurred to me to just wire these up in series to meet the voltage requirements. Thanks for the idea.
i would like to add turn signals and looking for what sould i buy.
Do you have any pictures of the front illuminating in front of you at night? I'm looking to wire in a headlight, but if this is brighter and I can see better, I'd rather do this.
I use those on my R/C Airplanes to go night flying. Never thought of putting them on my bike!
Is there a preferred battery in the series to add the lights connection on to?
Your battery book has been a blessing lots of great Info............................
Thank you John!
As always, great tips!
Awesome. Thanks
Awesome vid!
great vid and content, I'm inspired, but wiring is not my strong suit...how to connect to the bike power??
I would be interested to find out how to add turn signal lights and headlight? Controller of my swagtron Eb5 doesn't have a plug option for lights.
Is it possible to use those rear light as indicator lights ?
thank you good information
So cool! Love the links.. Thanks
Good Job. Thanks for Sharing
Does your book have information on how to repair the electrics in an ebike?
Smashing idea,I gotta get me some of those lights and what an EV Website!
Great tips!
Thanks!
Thanks, just hit the CREATE button and you are good to go people!
Can the switch handle the 36Vs? Wouldn't get too hot after a while with the small gauge wires?
Can I do the same with solor panels to make them work on 84volt if I wire 7 12 volt panels in to sears would that work
Good Info!
Is the power-draw of these lights negligible when compared to the bike motor, or will this significantly impact the range you can expect to get out of your battery? (I ask, knowing the answer, but I want to be in the book lottery...)
Haha, nice. And yes, the power draw is negligible, like much less than 1% of your range.
@@EbikeSchool thanks for your video . It isn't explained how you connect the led strips to your e bike's power supply? Could you please explain how and what connector/s to use? (I'm getting a 48V e bike) thank you!
Great vid!
Ok i need help please installed 2 sets of 4 LEDs n I can get 5he sets of 4 to work with my 52v battery but I think I'm screwing up when putting them all together...the back ones come on but when I hit the switch I get an arc. How to complete the wiring???
Ebikes usually have good lights, although there is usually room for improvement. How much range do you sacrifice for being more visible? (I know it is none if you ride in daylight. LOL)
For these lights? Probably about 50 meters. They use a few milliamps, very little.
Great idea for night riding!
Awesome video
Wish you would have showed the wiring process for the battery and not just a diagram, also what if the wires from the battery and light strips are different sizes in awg what then?
it will be a different awg because they carry max voltage differently, and it doesn't matter as long as the total voltage = that of the battery, check his video ruclips.net/video/t0xKpzqLnuc/видео.html because he explains it extremely well to the point of idiot proof 😊
Wow, that's cool.^^
I have a question.
1. Where and how much can I order the led bar?
I am remodeling my bike and mounting a 48v battery. battery.
2. I don't know how to connect the led bar directly to the battery.Is there an easy design drawing for beginners to know?
Please give me a quick answer.
I bought your book seeing I had no chance in hell of winning it. Question is: Why would one end of the + give me a negative reading. I think I fried my whole system. Re-wiring and see if it works?
Subscribed!
You are awesome! Keep going!
I've run this set-up for a few years now but used a small 12v motorcycle battery as a power source. Now that I'm on a 48 volt machine, I've got 2 questions about re-using my old ones.
1: On a 4 strip set-up, do the strips have to have the same LED count?
2: Could more than 4 be used in a hybrid serial-parallel configuration? For example, let's say I wanted to use 5 strips. 4 would be in series but the 5th would be paralleled with 1 of the first 4.
Thanks for all your vids, Micah. Always helpful.
These are sort of the same question, basically, can you run different power (current) devices in series. More LEDs on one strip or a pair of strips would both be pulling more current than the others in the series chain. Whether or not this would work would depend on how robust the LED lights are at handling overcurrent. I worry that the non-pairs or lower count strips could burn out because the higher current will be flowing through them. These light strips are pretty simple and cheap and I don't think they'd handle much abuse. But it would be a good experiment!
Got it, thanks. Unfortunately, I foolishly bought them at an auto parts store for $20 each. I've gotten my money's worth from them but I'm a little hesitant to experiment. Already ignited one on a 24 volt test.
I have rebuilt my 48v battery except for 3 parallels.My battery and hub motor are capable of 25 plus, Right now I'm stuck at 12mph. I'm in the process of changing those too. If this does not work, what are the cons of bypassing this bms system and just straight power off the battery. I know the limits of this battery when I first bought it, but that was brand new. I don't want anything to drop below 3.3v. I know how to check for power, but when should I stop.
Thx
Cool! Going to put my Di2 BBS02 racer on. Get some votes!
How can I display my cadence while riding my ebike?
I would love to have the diy lithium batteries book!
The DIY Ebike community is amazing! It has given me so much knowledge and an EV Grin! Thanks to Micah and Brunno for their contributions!
What kind of battery
Can I charge an bike battery with a Hitec x2 charger?
Need book!
Love the Birki's!
great video!!!!
Thank you!
also, vruzend V 2.0? i want it real bad!
How did you make the lights flash in addition to being just on?
I was just pushing the button. You'd need a flasher module to do it for real
It look nice
Great vid as usual. Let me take the time to thank you for all of your videos. Always informative, on point, and whithout distracting music. Don't get me wrong I love music, but when you're trying to convey information sometimes less is more. Now having said that, what's your thoughts on the 38120 cell's, and will Vruzen contemplate making the battery fixture for the same in the future? I don't have an e-bike yet, but I will be. Still on the fence as to whether hub or mid, but I'll cross that bridge when I get there. Thanks again, and have a great day.--------------MQQN 😎
The most common 38120 cells I know are Headways, which already come with screw terminals and caps. I'm not sure why you'd need anything more than that.
Bright light saves Life
cool
Excellent! (Usually) More visible is more better.
I think it would have also been cool to make a switch that would allow the bike to light up on the side that she turns on
No ev nerd link in description?
Oops, thanks for that catch! It's there now!
I did a 4 12v lights in series for my 48v battery but all my lights is blinking (flickering) what did i do wrong?
Many lights are programmed to blink. Did you buy blinking lights?
Damn you :D now I want to put a light-bar on my cargo bike :D
Wow so good :-)
Love that rusty chain :)
Another great video. You really do have the best channel for ebikes.
I do have a question, for fun and for emergencies and camping, I built a solar generator box with a 48v invertor in it and after I built it, I thought it would be a great idea to somehow have a SIMPLE and fast plugin connector that I could plug into the ebike battery to give it a huge battery reserve if ever needed.
I really don't want to use the charger and plug it into the 120vac side of the invertor and then into the ebike battery, I'd rather be able to just connect the batteries together directly, if possible, and then use my solar panel to charge my battery in the solar generator box.
I'm not even sure that you can charge AND run the ebike battery at the same time in this type of set up. I'm basically looking to be able to grab my solar generator box with over 5,100 watts of power in it, plug it in, and supply an ebike with that additional amount of power if ever needed.
Any ideas or thoughts or maybe even a future video? Keep up the great work.
This is possible, but the method to use will require some planning. The simple way is to just parallel the discharge ports of both your ebike battery and 5kW solar generator battery. This can be done easily when they are at the same or similar state of charge (voltage), but it shouldn't be done when they are not at the same voltage to prevent one from rapidly charging the other. To get around this, you could put a diode on the output of each battery to prevent reverse flow (charging) through the discharge connector. A different way to tackle this problem would be to put a DC-DC converter on the output of the 5kW battery and then plug that into the charge port on your ebike battery. And yes, you can charge your battery while discharging it at the same time.
Okay, thanks that makes a lot of sense with the diodes. The possible differences in the state of charge was some thing I did not think of. What would you say should be the max difference in battery voltages?
Relly nice setup, but PLEASE TRHOW SOME LUBE ON THAT CHAIN! Hurts to see it!
Is such an upgrade legal in germany?
why would it be illegal to be more visible at night?
Because: Germany -.-
if you guys have sort of the same bike laws as in Denmark, that I could read up on it, we have som strict rules on bike lights, like what color can they be and where can you place em. if you want to do it just like the video than you should be golden, as long as the light isn't blinding oncoming traffic.
Everything is legal until you get caught, then you just feign ignorance and avoid a ticket.
i like your vids
You should do an electric surfboard for your next project!!
I'd have to learn to surf first! Though that's a great reason :-)
EbikeSchool.com if you can skateboard you can surf !
He nailed it based on your newest ideas..... :))
Win a book. Yeah.
You need to llubricate that chain!
winner winner chicken dinner? :)
Boock
Hi Mike,
Have you ever heard of insidents of people that had their over powered E bikes or E longboards taken from them by the police is Israel?
Once a year or so there's a big roundup operation of illegal ebikes in Israel. Other than that, it doesn't happen too much.
Gud staff... :P ahahah