We just got more Gnome Figures Spot Solar Lights in stock.
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Gnome Relax next to tree Solar Spot Light
Gnomes holding hearts and flower Solar Light
Gnome holding Basket full of Daisy Solar Light
Gnome Relax Mushroom Solar Spot Light
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Cannot decide on color changing or white color only solar lights? Here is the solution: 2 in one switchable stainless steel solar lights. You can set them to change color or stay on white color only.
They look the same as our popular classic design but combined with white color only and color changing LEDs.
You can purchase it here.
One of our best selling items Stainless Steel Solar Light Wall Mountable finally back in stock today.
Bright LED solar lights stainless steel
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Stainless Steel Wall Mountable Solar Lights with Super Bright LED Light
Another plastic style with 3-LEDs wall mountable solar light is in stock too:
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Here is our new block stone finish solar fence post cap.
It looks more natural with all new stone finish.
Block Stone Finish Solar Lights Accent Fence Post Cap
Item Features:
Solar Powered Cylinder Plastic Fence Post LED Light
Solar Powered Cylinder Plastic Fence Post LED Light
For more details, please visit Solar Powered Cylinder Plastic Fence Post LED Light page.
We also have a stone finished same style for sale Solar Powered Cylinder Stone Finished Fence Post LED Light
Learn how to light up your backyard at night with these lighting solutions.
Once you have planted the flowers and other foliage, and determined where each rock and path should be in your garden, your work is not done. Your backyard masterpiece may look sensational during the daylight hours, but what about during the evening hours? You can create a stunning landscape that may be enjoyed at night by the inventive use of lighting.
Define the Purpose for Landscape Lighting
Before you invest in any landscape lighting, ask yourself what your purposes are for wanting illumination in your backyard. Perhaps you want to set a soft, romantic mood during the evening hours. Maybe you have a bench or a shadowy garden corner you need to illuminate for security reasons. A path leading through the garden may require landscape lighting to mark its boundaries. You might want to highlight some features of your backyard like a water fountain or pond.
Decide Where Landscape Lighting Should Go in Your Garden
After you have defined your reasons for wanting to add landscape lighting, sketch your yard. Include in the sketch existing lights, buildings, benches, trees and shrubs, as well as the vegetation and decorations in the garden. Each of these items will reflect light or absorb it. Estimate the height of each of the objects, especially the foliage.
Match the reason for lighting to specific locations in your backyard. You may want to illuminate a bench along the path with a pole-type lamp placed behind it. A soft mood can be achieved by hiding landscape lighting under shrubs. A path may require a series of short stake lights along its border on one side or on both sides. A water fountain can be enhanced with a spotlight, and a pond can have soft lighting around its perimeter.
Mark the types of landscape lighting you want on your yard sketch in the locations you want the lights. Try to visualize the effect. You do not want too many or too few lights for your purpose. Too many landscape lights will make your garden look like a Christmas tree sales lot and annoy your neighbors. Too few landscape lights will not enhance the nighttime beauty of your garden.
Determine How Much Effort You Want to Expend
The landscape lighting that requires the greatest effort to install is 120-volt lighting. Wiring for these types of garden lights must be buried at a depth of 18 inches or encased in conduit to protect it from water. A licensed electrician has to install the electrical components.
Low-voltage landscape lighting for the backyard needs only an outdoor receptacle and a transformer. The transformer converts the 120 volts coming from the household line to a usable 12 volts to operate the lights. The cables are easier to move around the garden, and the only requirement is the electrical cable be hidden in an unobtrusive location.
The easiest landscape lighting to place in the backyard is solar lighting. This type of lighting has no cords to be hidden. It should be positioned in such a way that the photovoltaic cell in the lighting fixture receives enough light during the day to allow it to shine at night.
Determine How Much Money You Want to Spend
A high voltage landscape lighting fixture for your garden can cost $100 or more. Then there is the cost of labor for the electrical contractor who would install the wiring. That makes high voltage landscape lighting the most expensive of the garden lighting solutions.
A lower cost landscape lighting system for the garden is low-voltage lighting. The lighting can be installed by a do-it-yourselfer for a price of about $30 to $300 per light.
The least expensive of the three types of landscape lighting is solar lighting. Since solar lights rely upon the rays of the sun and an inbuilt photovoltaic device to work, they do not necessitate installation costs or a lot of money to operate. The initial price of the solar lights is the only cost which will be incurred. If you are lighting a darkened portion of your garden and the solar landscape light will not receive adequate sunlight during the day, you will need to have a solar panel installed in a high-sunlight location and run wiring to your solar lights. Some solar landscape lighting utilizes batteries for days when sunlight is inadequate.
Some Landscape Lighting Techniques in the Garden
If you wish to highlight a single item in your garden like a statue, gazing ball or fountain, you should consider using a few landscape lighting fixtures with lower intensity bulbs. Place these at various angles and distances. A single bright light shining directly on the object will create harsh shadows.
Landscape lights that make soft spots of light are good for garden paths. Space the lights at equal distances along the path you want illuminated.
Blue tinted lights allow for a moonlight-type mood in your garden landscape.
A uniquely shaped tree or shrub in the garden may be silhouetted or illuminated in such a way as to cast an interesting shadow against an outbuilding.
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New arrivals! We just got more unique garden statues animal style solar lights in stock now!
Solar Turtle Holding Lights, and more…
Stainless Steel Dragonfly Solar Light
Stainless Steel Butterfly Solar Light
Turtle Solar Light With Amber LED
Snail Solar Light With Amber LED
Time to get solar animals light to decorate your garden!
We just got new Solar Color Changing Wind Chimes in stock.
Enjoy the sound of wind and get lovely color changing light!
On Sale now!
SOLAR COLOR-CHANGING Moon Face Star WIND CHIME
SOLAR COLOR-CHANGING Butterfly WIND CHIME
SOLAR COLOR-CHANGING Dolphin WIND CHIME
SOLAR COLOR-CHANGING HUMMINGBIRD WIND CHIME
New Solar Animal Lights arrived.
We have added 11 kind of solar dog lights, such as Dalmation Dog With Lantern Solar Light, Pug Dog With Lantern Solar Light, and more here.
Having Problems with your Solar Lights?
Here is a check list to help you fix them. Don’t forget – most solar lights have an on and off switch – its underneath the “head” – make certain it is
turned on- you can check if they work by going into a dark closet or just simply cover the solar cell- as long as they are charged up.
1. Loose batteries -All solar garden lights and solar outdoor lights have batteries. Some times the batteries come loose in shipping- and no contact is being made or they may have some condensation. This is real simple to fix.
To check this, hold the light upside down with the top of the light held firmly in the palm of one hand. With the other hand, hold the clear plastic cover that surrounds the bulb, push down firmly and twist to either left or right. This will allow the body of the light to separate from the top exposing the batteries. Be very careful not to damage the circuit board or wiring. (don’t pull all the way apart or you will break the wiring)- You will see the batteries and you can take them out and wipe them clean etc.
If the batteries have become dislodged, simply push them firmly back into position and fit the light back together (wipe them clean first).
2. Batteries are not charged – as we warehouse all the solar lights, they might have been sitting in our warehouse for a while before getting to your place, so they might run out of batteries sometimes. Thus, please charge them with switch OFF for upto 48 hours to fully activate the rechargable batteries.
3. Corrosion in your Solar Lights – there have been some instances where dampness has caused corrosion on the battery terminals and/or the batteries. This can be fixed by removing the body of the light as per the instructions 1 above, remove the batteries from their holder, and clean terminals at each end of the battery holder with sand paper or carefully scrape with a small knife to remove any corrosion. Do the same to each end of the batteries. Reassemble the light.
4. Flat batteries or faulty solar panel – at times it is difficult to determine whether there is a problem with the rechargeable batteries not holding their charge or the solar charger not working. In Most cases its a battery problem. Again, remove the body of the light as per the instructions 1 above. To test batteries, replace one rechargeable with one normal AA/AAA battery and test light by covering the solar cell. Do the same with other rechargeable battery. If one test works and the other fails, one rechargeable battery has failed so contact us here, and we will send out a replacement battery. Please remember that you must only use rechargeable batteries in your solar garden lights- but you can test the lights with normal batteries in order to see if your rechargeable batteries are dead. The rechargeable batteries included with your light should last 1 1/2 to 2 years. And can be easily replaced with new rechargeable batteries- We have them but most hardware shops will have them also. Try and use latest models of rechargeable batteries. Your solar garden lights should last easily through 2-3 battery changes.
4. If these tests fail, the solar garden light will require servicing, so again contact us here and we will make arrangements to have the light returned for repair.
If you have a yard and have ever thought about lighting it at night, then you have probably heard about solar lights. They are no longer expensive as we have been working hard to get your great prices, and their advantage is that you don’t have to run any wiring for them. As long as a location gets direct sunlight, you can put a light there in about 15 seconds.
These lights are extremely interesting because they are almost like mini-satellites. They generate and store their own power during the day and then release it at night. This is just like a satellite that stores solar energy while it is on the sunny side of the planet and then uses that energy when it’s on the dark side. In this article, you will learn exactly how it happens!
The Basics
A solar light consists of the following components:
If you pop off the cover, you will find that all of the working components are mounted as a single unit. On the back side you see this:
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Next, we’ll take a closer look at some of these components.
You can see the battery, LED and controller board. If you cover the light sensor, the LED turns on, like this:
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Here are close-ups of the LED and the controller board:
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On the other side of this module is a four-cell solar array, measuring 2 inches by 2 inches (5 cm x 5 cm), and the photoresistor:
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Here is a closer view of the photoresistor:
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Now let’s see how the these solar lights work to light your yard at night.
If you have read the article How Solar Cells Work, you have a basic understanding of solar-cell technology. A solar light uses standard solar cells in a very straightforward application.
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