{"id":48,"date":"2011-09-26T19:59:23","date_gmt":"2011-09-26T23:59:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/makelehighvalley.com\/blog\/?p=48"},"modified":"2011-09-23T20:02:24","modified_gmt":"2011-09-24T00:02:24","slug":"bike-wrenching-refurb-of-old-light-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/makelehighvalley.com\/blog\/2011\/09\/bike-wrenching-refurb-of-old-light-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Bike Wrenching &#8211; Refurb of Old Light System"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Matthew is working on a refurb job for the light on his wife&#8217;s old coaster bicycle. The original light had two D-cell batteries that had corroded away years ago and lamps that may be hard to replace, but it has a great tactically pleasing switch and body that he hopes to preserve. We discussed options for putting LED lighting in the body of the light. He has a ton of space to work with so I&#8217;ve gone oven to Adafruit and tossed together a wish list of items to use to refurb this. Yeah, it&#8217;s probably overkill, but it&#8217;d be an amazing light.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/www.adafruit.com\/products\/280\">USB\/DC Lithium Polymer battery charger 5-12V &#8211;\u00a03.7\/4.2v cells<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.adafruit.com\/products\/258\">Lithium Ion Polymer Battery &#8211; 3.7v 1300mAh<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p id=\"productName\">I&#8217;m not sure what to suggest for the best LEDs to fit the purpose. 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