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What's the best way to add a battery like device to a dynamo light (lemmy.world)

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Hello everyone, I bought a bottle dynamo for my bicycle with a rear and front light. Though I have one little tweak that I would like to add and that's a way to keep it light up for about 1 minute (at least 30 sec) without pedaling. I thought of putting a capacitor in the circuit to store some energy but I would like what do you all think of it ?

Thank you for your time and have a nice day you all !

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

Your solution may very well also work, good thinking. A few things to consider though:

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