A friend was asking about my headlight modulator which
is designed to get the attention of oncoming traffic and
avoid those turn in front of, I didn't see him, incidents.
They don't turn the power to the bulb on and off, they
reduce the voltage several times a second. This keeps
the headlight beam from burning out prematurely. They
can work on the high beam or the low beam, high beam
is recommended. By law, they're required to have a
daylight sensor so that they will not operate at night,
and the affected beam returns to normal during when
operated at night. Nothing catches the would-be turn
in front of driver better than a modulated headlight.
I got the one by Comagination. They have two models,
one for 75 watts and the other for 115 watts. Although
I'll probably never go beyond the standard 55/60 watt
headlight, I got the 115 watt one just in case, AND
figgered it would probably run cooler than the smaller
unit in any case. The 75watt unit costs $59, the
115watt unit costs $70. Here's the website of the one
that's installed on my bike:
http://www.comagination.com/modulator.htm
Whoops, looks like they're running a special right
now that provides a free upgrate to the 115watt model
for $59.
There are several other makers of headlight modulators,
most are more expensive. Do a search on headlight
modulators.
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I've also had a Back-Off brand brakelight modulator
which gives three flashes then a continuous several
second light when the brake is applied. This pattern
repeats as long as the brake (front or back) is applied.
It's real easy to splice directly into the brake light
power wire. $35. Here's the brake modulator website:
http://www.signaldynamics.com/products/BLSM/blsm.asp
Regards, Gary in Sandy Eggo
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