Re: [RE-wrenches] Tree lights

2017-06-20 Thread RM You
Hi Dan, the application is for a small municipality that wants to light up trees on a street. Running low voltage DC lines would be a good solution except for the cost of running/hiding the wires. I don’t really see a good option here. Ron Young earthRight Solar > On Jun 3, 2017, at 9:06 AM, D

Re: [RE-wrenches] Tree lights

2017-06-03 Thread Dan Fink
Is this lighting the tree itself as a landscaping highlight, or stringing Xmas lights in it? For the latter, all I've seen is cheap Costco stuff. For the former, I'd go with a central PV/battery location and run low-voltage lines to each tree, with a commercial-grade LED light. The placement of ind

Re: [RE-wrenches] Tree lights

2017-06-02 Thread penobscotsolar
I have used three strings of these for three seasons now and they keep on tickin'...decent company and decently made lights with a lot of variety: https://www.environmentallights.com/led-christmas-lights/led-solar-string-lights.html Daryl > I would also like something that is built for the lon

Re: [RE-wrenches] Tree lights

2017-06-02 Thread Dave Angelini Offgrid Solar
I would also like something that is built for the long haul. Not much out there except the usual suspects at costco and they are pretty much expendables. --Dave > Hi Wrenches, I have a client that wants to light up trees in his yard > using solar packages in each tree. Haven’t seen this except

[RE-wrenches] Tree lights

2017-06-01 Thread Ron Young
Hi Wrenches, I have a client that wants to light up trees in his yard using solar packages in each tree. Haven’t seen this except for novelty lights. This client wants something sturdy & long lasting. Has anyone done this or have suggestions other than parting together the individual components?