Solar Garden Lights Which Are Best?
Are some solar lights better than others, if so how can you tell before buying them?
Question about lighting around a home?
Ok….I’ve had ALOT of weird stuff going on around my house. First a young man has been taking pictures of the back of my house & yelling at my dogs. Then today some skinhead looking creeps drove down the alley trying to coax my German Shepherd. I have flood lights gallore around my home, but before I got my dogs I was robbed 3 times. I always heard it’s good to keep a light on, but many people told me it just makes it easier for the crook to view your home & stuff around it. I currently have dusk/dawn floods in the back, I’m thinking of swapping it out for motion sensors?
Would motion sensor lights be more apt to scare someone off? Or would it really not make much of a difference you think? I just installed new lights not too long ago (dusk/dawn type) but right after putting them in I had alot of stuff taken out of backyard. I know nothing is fool proof but I was wondering if one is better then the other. Thanks!
lol ray…..no my dogs don’t bark unless there’s something to bark at. The first guy I think is a stalker (he has come into my yard with my collie b4 I got the GSD, he yelled at the GSD because he wouldn’t let him in the yard) but I think the boy has mental issues as well. The skinhead creeps were driving very slowly past my house, and at one point one leaned out the window trying to coax my GSD to the fence.
The stuff I’ve had stolen has been outside (bikes, solar lights, etc) or stuff on my vehicles (wires, batteries, etc) even tho I keep everything locked up tight. I have those cheap driveway alarms that I use to let me know if anyone gets near or inside my home….it’s the outside thats the problem.
Solar lights not working anymore?
3-4 years ago I bought these expensive solar lights. All worked and were very bright. Now after years of being used, some are not lighting. I read online the Rechargeable batteries needed replaced so I bought AA Ni-Mh. The kind my lights needed. Well I put them in the lights that don’t light and I got mixed results. Some of the lights now light again but the others are still dead. These lights are very well taken care of too. They are brought inside for the winter and they haven’t been dropped or anything. I have taken one that doesn’t light apart to see if any wires were disconnected, but they were all fine. I really don’t know what wrong with these lights and they are too expensive too just replace. Any thoughts or tips on how to fix this?
I have also charged the new batteries in a AA charger. When put in the lights though, nothing happens when it gets dark out. It’s not a lack of charge thats the problem.
should i be upset about my garden?
I have a somewhat large flower garden about 4 acres of exotic trees and beautiful flowers and a somewhat small lake pond with lillys and ducks . it all started a few years ago with my mother and i and it consumes alot of time but it is truly breathtaking with solar lights and benches it is really beautiful. but here is my problem i had a friend that asked if her friend can take some pre wedding photos in my yard due to it is beautiful well between her the bride and the photo person i have had 14 other brides this week call to use my garden i am not to fond of people in my yard. and damage my plants. well i had the photo person also call me and say well i can always charge anyone that uses my garden for the day i thought about it and figured it could be a good idea due to it could help buy more plants and mulch that cost alot of money, but wonder how much should i charge these people to use my yard. or just give it to them as a gift and alow these people to use the garden ?
should i be upset about my garden?
I have a somewhat large flower garden about 4 acres of exotic trees and beautiful flowers and a somewhat small lake pond with lillys and ducks . it all started a few years ago with my mother and i and it consumes alot of time but it is truly breathtaking with solar lights and benches it is really beautiful. but here is my problem i had a friend that asked if her friend can take some pre wedding photos in my yard due to it is beautiful well between her the bride and the photo person i have had 14 other brides this week call to use my garden i am not to fond of people in my yard. and damage my plants. well i had the photo person also call me and say well i can always charge anyone that uses my garden for the day i thought about it and figured it could be a good idea due to it could help buy more plants and mulch that cost alot of money, but wonder how much should i charge these people to use my yard. or just give it to them as a gift and alow these people to use the garden ?
question on Solar lights?
Over the pst years I have bought many outdoor Solar lights and within a year many have stopped working, is this normal? Should I need to replace the batteries?
Yes, they were cheap ones about 5-10.00 each
rope lights for inground pool?
I have some of those floating solar lights and love them. Does anyone know if I could use rope lights along the edge? Not underwater but they would get wet. Underwater wall mounting is out of the question. Any ideas?
Solar Light Batteries?
Okay – I read all the other threads like this, but I still want to make sure what I was told is correct.
My solar lights use Ni-Cad rechargeable batteries, AA size.
I just left Walmart with a pack of rechargeable batteries – the guy there said I can use these, and that they are the same thing as the ones my lights came with.
Can someone assure me that it’s okay to use these batteries instead of the nickel-cadmium batteries that came with my lights?
Can somebody tell me about solar batteries?
I wanted to get those little solar lights to light up my driveway but I read something about them needing solar batteries. Do you know about how much solar batteries for those lights cost?
can twinkletoes answer this for me.. If the sun charges the batteries then what are the solar battery chargers for?
Looking for outdoor spotlight/floodlight?
Don’t want to deal with wiring, just looking for simple floodlight i can plugin over my deck so see at night without having to deal with automatic turn on that comes with the solar lights. Any outdoor plugin floodlight is what I’m looking for that i can possible screw into side of house, and ideas on what to search for would be much appreciated.
thanks