Clever idea needed (electrical stuff)

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Thank you all for pointing me in the direction of LEDs. The deal-breaker is how long they last. Manufacturers' figures on longevity are usually total balls. They test them under totally unrealistic conditions, not cycled on and off like ordinary people do.

I don't think I've ever had a flashing LED bike light fail, that I couldn't trace to the battery, water ingress, or low quality contacts or switching in the cheap ones. They must cycle thousands of time in a short trip...

 

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I don't think I've ever had a flashing LED bike light fail, that I couldn't trace to the battery, water ingress, or low quality contacts or switching in the cheap ones. They must cycle thousands of time in a short trip...

Good point. There was a recent Which? report that suggested that under real conditions some LED lamps did not last nearly as long as the manufacturers claimed. Here's a link.....

http://www.which.co.uk/news/2014/01/led-light-bulbs-burn-out-early-in-which-tests-351950/

 

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How about a solar setup by slightly modifying those garden rock and spikey things