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Yeah, it most likely won't work with many other lights as most front lights output to the rear light are AC.
(I think the Supernova E3 & Sinewave beacon also have DC output.)
You'll need a soldering iron and a voltmeter (or multimeter).
First I bought one of these:
£3.50 instead of the £13 Evans cycles want for an exposure branded cable
Then i soldered the cores to the input side (DC in) of one of these:
£1.50
Then connected the plug to my exposure revo with the exposure connected to a wheel in a truing stand. Spin the wheel and get a multimeter and measure the voltage coming on the DC out terminals of the booster. You then turn a tiny screw on the booster to adjust the output voltage to 12v, (the booster can deliver anywhere from 3> 24v.)
I then soldered the cores for the two led strips to the DC out terminal, in parallel.
£1.50 per strip.
The led strip is self adhesive, I put insulation tape top and bottom.. will see how it holds.
I also just put some heat shrink on the cores for the led tape and covered the booster in insulation tape, there's probably a neater way to do it, but it doesn't look too bad.
Total cost for the rear light set up £8.