Solidlights upgrade (DIY)

[Manotea]

I've just binned mine. A bit precipitate and irreversible as the  bin men came today, but there it is.The problem is the cable covers perish and they are beyond economic repair, well at least by me. And tech moves on.

[alexb]

I've just binned mine. A bit precipitate and irreversible as the  bin men came today, but there it is.The problem is the cable covers perish and they are beyond economic repair, well at least by me. And tech moves on.

That's a shame because mine was damaged recently in a car accident. My friendly electrical engineer removed the wiring and fitted a new cable loom. I  was chatting to him at the time and it took him all of 15 minutes, most of which was removing and refitting the housing!

They work perfectly well even after my ham-fisted LED upgrade.

[Wowbagger]

The LEDs linked to in the OP no longer seem to be available. I shall have to hunt around for something suitable.

[andrew_s]

LEDs have moved on in 5 years. These items should be reasonably suitable.
LED
http://www.led-tech.de/en/High-Power-LEDs-Cree/CREE-XP-Series/CREE-XP-G2-R5-on-Star-PCB-LT-1979_120_138.html

Wide and narrow optics
http://www.led-tech.de/en/High-Power-Supply/LEDIL-Optics/CREE-LXP-optic-13%C2%B0-LT-1562_106_146.html
http://www.led-tech.de/en/High-Power-Supply/LEDIL-Optics/CREE-LXP-optic-5%C2%B0-LT-1561_106_146.html

[Wowbagger]

Thread reresurrection!

I bought the parts to upgrade my Solidlights in December last year and they have been sitting around ever since then. I don't feel competent to tackle such a job so I asked Dez to do it and he completely forgot. I happened to mention it an hour or so ago and he has now completed the upgrade.

Given that I have bought an Edelux I think I will fit them to my old Ridgeback and maybe start using that as a winter commuting bike.