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Solar Christmas Lights
dakirk
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Very excited at the thought of solar christmas lights as mentioned on another thread :j
Do they get enough charge if it is dull/raining all day???
Do they get enough charge if it is dull/raining all day???
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No they don't. I've got a number of different solar lights in the garden, and most don't work very well even at this time of year, in fact a lot don't work at all. Sun is very low now, so most are never in direct sunlight, and even those that are really do very little.0
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thought it was too good to be true.....unless I move nearer the equator 0 -
There are plenty of quite cheap low voltage lights that you can use in the garden, provided the plug/socket and transformer are in shelter. I always have a few, connected to a timer so they come on and go off at set times, and they usually have 10 metres or so of wire, which could be extended I suppose. Best time to buy is of course just after Christmas!0
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I know this post is old but it still ranks highly in google on the subject of solar christmas lights so I think it's worth commenting. I bought a set of 100 Noma Multi-Function LED Solar Powered Christmas Lights last week and I was really surprised by how much of a charge they did get on dull rainy days. We've only had one particularly sunny day this week yet the lights turn on at 4:30pm (approx) everyday and are always still going when I get go to bed at around 11:30 so that's 7 hours at least in winter conditions! I'm very impressed. I'm telling everyone about them now.
I guess solar panels have moved on a lot since 2007. Merry Christmas everyone!0 -
I got a solar powered security light the other week evo56, its been up 2 weeks today. I would say 4 days out of 7 have been dull and although it only runs a minute or two a day with comings and going to house its been fine thats got a small solar panel (2w output) and 56 led bulbs. Its not brilliant light but okay for what we want to greet people coming to do0
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