Wireless Cyclecomputer

Comment by Jon on February 12, 2013 at 7:01pm

Interesting issue.

Have you tired wrapping the light in aluminium foil? Should work, in theory - Faraday cage.

If that does work, you could try disassembling it and putting the foil on the inside.

Comment by James Longbottom on February 12, 2013 at 9:53pm

Jon.Thanks for the info. Not sure the light comes apart,  other than where the batteries are located.I will have a closer look in the morning.

Comment by Paul on February 15, 2013 at 10:28pm

I had the same issue with my NiteRider UltraFazer and my NiteRider Rebel computer, except the issue only appeared when the battery in the Light started to run low. In a way it was kind of handy as I always knew when to change the batteries!

I also had a similar issue with my Sigma DTS Wireless computer. It refused to pair with the wheel sensor when the UltraFazer was turned on.

I replaced my lights with Ay-Ups and have not had a problem since.

Comment by Jon on February 16, 2013 at 6:27am

When the batteries were running low? I wonder if that was the charge pump producing the interference.

Comment by Ian on February 17, 2013 at 10:42am

My NiteRider battery mucks up my Aldi wireless computer, so i moved the battery as far away from the computer as the cable would allow and that worked.

Comment by James Longbottom on February 17, 2013 at 4:19pm

Thanks for all the helpful information and combining all your hints I finally solved the problem.Before I got on this Blog I contacted Shimano direct for help or some info about the problem,but they did not want to know about it and got  "Its not a Warranty issue so we cannot help you" or try to move the two apart or buy a new light with no suggestions of brand or type.The bike shop did say they would refund 50% of the cost of the computer to purchase some thing from their shop if I returned it & the packaging in good condition.

I moved the computer and light as far apart as possible.On my bike that was approx 18cm.

I then double wrapped the entire light with ordinary kitchen alfoil, then wrapped aluminium tape around the alfoil The aluminium tape comes in a roll a little bigger then a roll of duct tape, and about the same width.It is mainly used as a insulator/sealer  on flexible duct in the airconditioning Industry.The only reason I did not apply the tape directly on to the light is that I was not sure the tape it self would work and it can be difficult to remove at times.To replace the batteries I will just cut through the foil around the body of the light with a Stanley knife and the light comes apart. 

 

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