I mounted e-bike lights to my non-ebike with a 3D printed USB battery box and rear light mount

Submitted ⁨⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago⁩ by ⁨colourlesspony@pawb.social⁩ to ⁨3dprinting@lemmy.world⁩

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It’s powered by USB battery bank and a USB-PD breakout module that tells the battery bank to output 12V. I put them inside a zip-lock bag inside the 3D printed box. It’s water proof enough for the sonoran desert.

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Cornpop@lemmy.world ⁨14⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
So you added lights to your bike. Got it lol

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froh42@lemmy.world ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
What’s different about normal bike lights and ebike lights? I think here they are basically the same.

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- guy_threepwood@lemmy.world ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  ebike lights have wires to connect to an external source of power. The vast majority of regular bike lights have integrated batteries. (Excluding dynamo powered ones of course)
  
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  - colourlesspony@pawb.social ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
    Yep, it’s basically the SEO term I use to find “bike lights without a battery”
    
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- AlteredEgo@lemmy.ml ⁨16⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Is it cheaper? Or brighter?
  
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kif@lemmy.nz ⁨20⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
FreeCAD! 🙌

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aeiou_ckr@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
Very nice, thank you for going above and beyond with all the pictures and images of the CAD. I don’t recognize the brand of the bike, what is it?

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- colourlesspony@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨day⁩ ago
  It’s a mongoose Envoy. I’m glad you liked the pictures!
  
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rustyricotta@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨17⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
That’s wild, I just did the same with the same exact lights. Image

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- colourlesspony@pawb.social ⁨15⁩ ⁨hours⁩ ago
  Nice! Looks good.
  
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