CA 160, using cheap Thai headlight assembly, blowing bulbs

[bicyclestobikes]

I picked up one of those plastic Thai headlight assemblies from the internet. It's a pretty plastic, poorly made deal in comparison to a real sealed beam. I had to buy a few bulbs because I kept blowing the headlight, and shortly afterward I would blow the tail light. This became pretty aggravating and I had to stop riding at night.

I even blew a bulb just warming the bike up, on it's stand- which suggests to me it's an electric issue and not necessarily intense vibrations of cheap materials.

I'm wondering if anyone has encountered a similar issue- how they remedied it- and I am looking for some good information on using the old sealed-beam as a container for replaceable bulbs.

Thanks!

[OldStan]

Are you using a 12 volt battery on a 6 volt system? Since your blowing both bulb it seems like a voltage issue.

[bicyclestobikes]

You know I haven't changed the battery since I bought it- Lemme check... You may be on to something.

Thanks

Update: Nope, it's a 6v and I've only ever trickled it at 6vs. That would have been nice to fix though.

[LArzfromarz]

Sounds like a shot rectifier to me- lettin too much volts pass. Have you check the output voltage at the battery?
Larz