When are they going to invite wireless light and non-robot vacuum cleaners? :-)
On Sun, Apr 15, 2012 at 7:12 PM, Curt Raymond <curtlud...@yahoo.com> wrote: > You can throw a helluva lot of light with LEDs or CFs for relatively > little power. Even with incandescent, say 4 60w bulbs we're only talking > 20a. A 110ah marine battery (anything smaller is wasting time) will run > that for 3 hours at 50% charge. Harbor Freight has their 45w kit for only > $189, get a coupon and its even cheaper. A guy I work with has one and says > its great. They use it to light the outhouse at his camp. > Dan's already said this is occasional lighting so it doesn't matter if it > takes a couple days to power back up, or worst case he could run out an > extension cord occasionally. > > My grandfather would call this whole "problem" a case of "people who don't > know how to go inside when its dark out". Grandpop didn't do a lot of > "entertaining". > > -Curt > > > Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2012 16:41:10 -0700 > From: clay monroe <redgh...@comcast.net> > To: Mercedes Discussion List <mercedes@okiebenz.com> > Subject: Re: [MBZ] OT - Yard Lighting Quandary > Message-ID: <9971784e-4b5c-419d-b8da-a43210ee1...@comcast.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > That may work, but be aware that you should swap out battery once a year. > They tend to die after a year of charge/discharge. An other thing to > consider is that the tiny solar panel gets weathered in two years and no > longer converts photons to electrons very well. You will need at least six > hours of direct sun contact to keep the thing charged enough. Look for six > volt lights, since that provides enough electrons to power the thing for > more than four hours > > clay > > On Apr 15, 2012, at 11:05 AM, Dan Penoff wrote: > > > I have a backyard that borders a very deep wooded area, and at night it > is darker than, well, dark. > > > > I would like to have some sort of lighting out there that would light at > least a portion of the area at night for convenience. I don't need it for > anything specific, nor would I need it on for any length of time. > > > > Here's the rub: I have no electrical sources available anywhere near my > back wall. The roof is pitched very little here, and the ceilings go > directly up to the roof joists, so there is no attic access where I might > have been able to run some wiring. > > > > My AC condenser is out there, but I'm not keen about tapping in to its > power source. > > > > I looked around at Harbor Freight for something, but the best they have > is some lame solar/incandescent floodlight that has horrible reviews. > > > > I'm wondering if there might be some sort of solar/LED light(s) out > there that would do the trick? > > > > Dan > > _______________________________________ > http://www.okiebenz.com > For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com > To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ > > To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: > http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com > _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com For new and used parts go to www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
