Ann wrote:
Bill R expounded:

Most of the time when solar lights fail it is due to bad
batteries. Most of them use AA rechargeable cells that are
available from many places and are very easy to replace.
You can put higher capacity batteries in the units than the
ones that ship with them (usually cheap 600 ma AA cells).
This spring I put 1800 ma cells in a couple of mine and on a
day with full sunshine they will stay on all night.


Thanx, Bill, but this one failed out of the box, I want a new one!!
G I knew they had batteries in them, I've got rechargeable ones I
can try out if/when they go next time (I've heard they last for a year
or so). Mine do, however, stay on all night. Which isn't that
important, I'm using them more for decoration than lighting.


Ann,

I use them strictly for decoration too. Anyone that wants
lights for outside lighting should go with something other
than the solar powered light; they usually don't have very
high light output.

I have found that the batteries usually last about three
seasons if I take my solar lights down at the end of October
and put them back up early in March.
--
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