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I can tell you firsthand that the step down charger works fantastic! My elliptical machine required 4 Size D batteries. I used an old charger from one of the kid's video games with 9V DC output. The battery terminals have been connected with the step down charger which has been set at 6.2V DC.

No more batteries.......

Thanks for the tip Deve!

old computer power supplies work well for powering 3V, 5V, 12V DC stuff in the shop and home

Bill

Very true Bill! Lots of people have them lying around too. What the circuit that I suggested in my rant does however is augment that capability to give you all of the in-between voltages with resolutions in the millivolts. Any combination of battery operated stuff can be made battery-less.

On my 6 volt 53 that works fine with my cell phone... until I true the lights on at whatever RPM... check it out.

Note: I used another adapter for the cigar lighter socket and there was no problem when the lights were turned on??

Sounds like to much voltage drop due to the draw the f the headlights. I'd first check and clean connections and then evaluate if the cigar lighter is connected and grounded at ideal locations to minimize effects of voltage drop from other loads.

The reason all of us have things working with a 6 volt battery is what's called 'TTL' logic. It is based on bi-polar transistors and is 5 volt based. 0 volts is low and 5 volts is high in a binary operation.