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I've looked on packaging of several models of solar LED lighting, and can't find any kind of information on brightness. How is that determined?

Good question. I bought a small solar powered spot to illuminate my house numbers a few years ago and it was so dim, I had to buy another. Even if they labeled them dim, dimmer and dimmest it would be of some help. RScott

2007-06-02 19:34:19 by Chris R

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I have a small Solar powered pathway lantern that no longer works,When I looked inside I see there are two batteries in there.Is there a way to get new batteries for these things or should I just toss it? Such a shame to toss it because it is metal and still in good condition but useless unless I could get it to work again.

I can change mine. Mine requires 2 AA rechargable. You have to use rechargables since the solar panel is charging them.

2008-05-11 16:06:11 by sage

All the ones I see have a tiny collector and a pale single LED light. Are there any that are like real lights? At any price?

if there is i haventfound them and believe me ive tried,

2007-03-24 14:10:18 by oohhbother

I have some cheap solar powered lights. They each have 1 ni-cad??? battery.
Can I use higher rated batteries as long as they are AA size?
Also if I use higher rated batteries ex 1200 instead of 600....will this help my lights to be brighter for longer? thanks for the help in advance.
thanks aussie

I had one of those lights quit working and I had to break it to get inside and fix the broken wire. It is now my toy that lays on my desk. It has 2 ni batteries in it rated at 600. I replaced them with 2 rated at 2500. They charge great and work great. But the light don't seem any brighter. I did find out with the one I have that when the switch is turned off the batteries will not charge either.

2007-02-13 09:58:10 by to be announced

I don't have time to do a lot of research on this so I need your help. I'm hoping to find an outdoor solar-powered light that either turns off automatically when it's light, or is motion-activated but stays on for a minute or two after kicking in. And of course it should be as bright as possible.

We just bought one (that we've rendered unreturnable) that is motion-activated and bright, but only stays on for a couple of seconds.

Also, how can you tell from the packaging/info how bright a light is going to be? I was looking over the selection at Menards and I didn't see anything obvious like watts.

The light we bought said that it takes a 15 watt halogen bulb but I think that's misleading - it's a brighter light than I'd expect from a 15 watter.

Price isn't much of an issue although I don't plan on doing anything that costs hundreds or thousands or requires a college degree to hook up.

A 15 watt halogen bulb is really bright, much brighter then a 15 watt incandescent. Wattage isn't how much light it gives off but rather how much energy it consumes. Lumens is how much light it gives off.

2009-05-20 11:03:41 by RuneAmok