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Yeah you could use a gel cell and hook up whatever you wanted to it. If you want it to recharge you will have some problems

"I would like to figure out a way to get the magneto hooked to a gelcel battery (to charge it) much like a cars alternator charges the car battery, well is this possible to do? if so HOW!?"

I am unsure if gel cells are rechargable. If the are you could do it, but I don't think that it would be capable of charging the battery.

A mageto is only capable of putting out a given amount of watts. The bosch magneto on my sachs is a 15 watt magneto. With the headlamp and the tail lamp I combined, I'm easily over driving the magneto, and at idle all my lights dim. So my magneto barely has enough power to supply the necessities let alone have extra juice for charging a battery.

Your targa may have a more powerful magneto, but I doubt that it is powerful enough to charge a battery while you lights are running.

If you rewired the lights so you could shut them off while the magneto is charging than it might work, but that would defeat the purpose of having battery in the first place.

Matt

Matt-- Gel-cells are rechargable--- most people use an automatic 1.5v trickle charger that cuts of power and doesn't cook your battery like the cheapies will.

trust me, i've cooked gel cells overcharging.

I think solar would be be an effective way... it would be DC already.... maybe a small 12v cell.

Without a battery already.... I wonder--- could be tough... But hey-- Brad's running a light right from the magneeto.

Brad-- I would test the current on a 1 or 2 volt charger and see how it compares to the output of the magneeto.

-wayne