stevenvo Posted November 19, 2016 Share Posted November 19, 2016 I'm thinking of adding some el-wire or el-tape onto the wheel (on the shell) for better safety alert of night rides. I have not opened the V5F+ shell yet, not sure anyone has done this before using the internal power source of the V5F can share your advice. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
esaj Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 I think the electroluminesence (sp?) -stuff needs fairly high (100V?) voltage and a sine-wave with a kilohertz or so of frequency (AC-voltage). Even if the battery voltage would be high enough, you might need some (semi-)complex circuitry to produce the frequency from the DC-voltage, plus make sure that the AC-signals don't interfere with other parts of the wheel through feedback or something. Really can't help much with that, as I'm still doing just DC-stuff, but the easiest route would be to use a separate power source (with built-in inverter) for the EL-wires/tapes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Westland Posted December 9, 2016 Share Posted December 9, 2016 On 11/19/2016 at 2:19 PM, stevenvo said: I'm thinking of adding some el-wire or el-tape onto the wheel (on the shell) for better safety alert of night rides. I have not opened the V5F+ shell yet, not sure anyone has done this before using the internal power source of the V5F can share your advice. Thanks Maybe look at motorcycle and computer cold-cathode lights ... these are sturdy, well developed and compact (but they can't be easily curved like an LED strip). LED strips are best for mods. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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