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I have been looking at Malibu Solar landscape lights and notice that they post no information as to how much light they put out. They have some solar lights that have two LEDs and some with three LEDs. How do these compare with the standard 4 watt low voltage lights?

About the same but more importantly for solar non-wired lights, what is the average run time? Some cheap ones will last only 4 hours while others can make it all night.

2006-05-29 23:09:18 by Alby

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Bought new Malibu Landscaping Solar lights. The problem is it is rainy for the past two days and dark and since I have bought them they never charged fully. I bought them two days ago.

So If I want to charge my Malibu Solar batteries with a Charger, what should I care about and how long to charge thnx

Im not sure I would go through the trouble plus I don't know if they are made to be put in a recharger. You can bring them in the house under the light and they should recharge. This is going to happen on many cloudy days too. Welcome to solar lighting.

2007-10-29 23:49:14 by Aish

Price: $79.95 $41.16

Completely solar-powered with no need for electrical wiring
32 wide-angle LEDs with 190 ft range
Built-in motion detector with photocell sensor allows auto-on security protection

I want to know what will provide excellent spotlighting for the landscape and will hold full charge providing great lighting throughout the night. Also what is easy to install. I want the most for my money

NONE ! Sorry to put it that way but there is no such thing a a good solar landscape light. Even though other will probably chime in saying they have some they like. You need to go with a 12 volt system which you can install yourself or the 120 volt which you will need an electrician.

2008-10-27 08:42:30 by ksmith

Price: $56.99 $31.49

Durable Metal Construction
Color: Bronze
Charges during the day(battery included) in sunlight and glows at night

I'm looking for something more powerful than those pale useless self-solar single lights, such are sold at Home Depot.
I'm looking for functionality, not a bargain.

These folks will even help with design:

http://www.siliconsolar.com/solar-landsc ape-lighting.php

2007-11-30 08:31:57 by oohhbother

I am talking about the low end pathway lights that you might get from walmart... do they have an on/off switch, or do they ALWAYS come on at night?

you can find some with an on/off switch but a majority of them don't. I think you'll find that the ones with a switch will be just a bit higher in price. All solar lights do have a photo cell though, when the sun sets the lights will turn on the light for as long as the batteries have enough power to run them.

I think it's a shame that more people don't use the better quality hard wired landscape lights. The light out put is so much better and if you notice the color of the LED light dulls and changes the color of what ever it is trying to light (usually only a 1 foot circle around the light fixture). It's more of an illusion of light, you can see the light is on but they don't really light anything.

Well, best of luck

2008-07-07 19:25:57 by joe j