Intro/Level Commuter - Hard-wire lights?

[mikesarge]

Hi all-

I've been commuting on my Level for most of a year, and I've put hundreds of miles on it. It's not as refined as the specialized I was borrowing before, but it's a good bike and it's pretty comfortable and quick. My only other gripe, was that for a commuter it sure comes with a lot of quick-releases! I swapped those with pinhead locking nuts on the axles, and an allen for the seat post that I filled with solder, as well as a custom bike-chain based locking system for my brooks saddle.

Anyway, I've done a great deal of research, and a fair amount of disassembling my Aventon Level commuter. I can't find any definitively easy way to add hard-wired headlights to this thing. It would be nice to not have to remove my lights whenever I lock up, or remember to charge them separately.

Also, I discovered that a long-push of the "up" button activates a headlight icon on the display, and increases the backlight intensity, which leads me to believe this controller is capable of activating a headlight, but the only extra plug (a flat 4-wire connector) does not have any labels and I'm reluctant to do too much with that without confirming the full controller pin-out.

I've tried to find a new 1T5 connector (as opposed to the 1T4 currently on it) but all of the receptacles on the existing 1T4 are female, and the brakes are a 2-pin, and the 1T5s I've found online have a 3-pin male brake lever sensor wires. It's just proprietary enough to make this a pain!

Has anyone either upgraded the controller on their Aventon, or made some wiring changes to add a headlight, like the Aventure has?

 

[pearlbeer]

Hi all-

I've been commuting on my Level for most of a year, and I've put hundreds of miles on it. It's not as refined as the specialized I was borrowing before, but it's a good bike and it's pretty comfortable and quick. My only other gripe, was that for a commuter it sure comes with a lot of quick-releases! I swapped those with pinhead locking nuts on the axles, and an allen for the seat post that I filled with solder, as well as a custom bike-chain based locking system for my brooks saddle.

Anyway, I've done a great deal of research, and a fair amount of disassembling my Aventon Level commuter. I can't find any definitively easy way to add hard-wired headlights to this thing. It would be nice to not have to remove my lights whenever I lock up, or remember to charge them separately.

Also, I discovered that a long-push of the "up" button activates a headlight icon on the display, and increases the backlight intensity, which leads me to believe this controller is capable of activating a headlight, but the only extra plug (a flat 4-wire connector) does not have any labels and I'm reluctant to do too much with that without confirming the full controller pin-out.

I've tried to find a new 1T5 connector (as opposed to the 1T4 currently on it) but all of the receptacles on the existing 1T4 are female, and the brakes are a 2-pin, and the 1T5s I've found online have a 3-pin male brake lever sensor wires. It's just proprietary enough to make this a pain!

Has anyone either upgraded the controller on their Aventon, or made some wiring changes to add a headlight, like the Aventure has?

I "hard wired" some LED motorcycle lights on my Rad. In the end, I found it easier to wire into a seperate battery that I strapped onto the bike. A power bank kind of battery with a 12v output makes it easy.

 

[Zandar]

Hello,

I went through a similar issue with a golf cart that I have. Cart voltage is 48 volts and many of the accessories are of the 12 volt variety. I added a voltage reducer the manage the 12volt accessories like headlights, radio, etc.

So, you will need to find a reducer that can then tap into the +/- of the 48 volt system. It can be done, just need to find the most efficient method.

Z

 

[pearlbeer]

Hello,

I went through a similar issue with a golf cart that I have. Cart voltage is 48 volts and many of the accessories are of the 12 volt variety. I added a voltage reducer the manage the 12volt accessories like headlights, radio, etc.

So, you will need to find a reducer that can then tap into the +/- of the 48 volt system. It can be done, just need to find the most efficient method.

Z

I did run the LED light plug directly to my 48v eBike battery (Rad) and it worked just fine, but it just does not seem like a great idea, so the separate little battery pack works great, and I'm able to run other stuff off it!

 

[mohammed]

Hi Mikesarge, I’ve been looking to do this too and was thinking about running x4 12v LED strips in parallel with a switch from the battery. Just need to figure out how to add an xt60 connector to the controller/battery.

 

[pearlbeer]

Hi Mikesarge, I’ve been looking to do this too and was thinking about running x4 12v LED strips in parallel with a switch from the battery. Just need to figure out how to add an xt60 connector to the controller/battery.

Good idea!