ill ask supercheap in morning steve an see if i source u a switch
less than 14 days till i get my cell mtx 1
G'day Brad, haven't heard from you in a while.
I'll bet you're on the edge of your seat waiting. You have to post pics etc.
I've already been to SCA locally and AutoOne, with no luck, but I didn't expect to do any good.
I could rig something up, but I want to find nice neat handlebar-mount switches if I can.
I have a test setup here, but unless I find the right switches, I need four switches to do what I want.
My lighting and charging system is slowly progressing. I've tested everything
off the bike now, so I just need to sort out the details.
The headlight is fitted, (I spent two days sweating over making the mounting brackets), I've spent the last day or so making an aluminium battery box and it's done.
The generator is working well.
As I said, only minor details like these switches now.
As I promised, Brad, I'll let you (and others) know when it's all up and going.
On an aside, once this is all working and I have a decent 12VDC supply, there's no reason why I shouldn't fit a hall-effect sensor to the magneto and a
real CDI, allowing adjustable ignition timing and probably a stronger spark, among other things like variable electronic advance.
This is a diagram of my test setup for one bulb. It's what's needed in each of the two switches. One set of contacts turns the light on or off and the other determines whether one or two filaments are powered.
Could go electronic with pushbutton control and hours of design and board-making etc, but I'd rather find something off-the-shelf if possible.