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Solar Motion Sensor Lights

Caimin — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 08:46:19 +0000

Although solar motion sensor lights are more expensive than normal solar lights, they have a number of advantages. The main one is security.

The great thing about solar motion lights is they automatically switch on as soon as motion is detected – anyone trying to make their way into your garden or yard area uninvited will cause the lights to switch on.

Fortunately, motion sensitivity can be adjusted so that the lights don’t come on with every passing car or cat. The top brands of solar motion sensor lights can detect movement from 25 feet away and can use a regular electrical supply in the event of a run of cloudy days where a full solar charge isn’t available.

Portable Indoor Solar Lights That Go Anywhere

Caimin — Sun, 20 Dec 2009 07:41:24 +0000

As solar lights & lighting become more commonplace, so product designers are getting more innovative in the way they design solar lights.

Take Lucet Lamps designed by Rui Palma. These small solar lamps are actually three LED lights grouped together with a couple of rubber suckers attached to the base. You can position them wherever you like on a window and they’ll recharge their two AA batteries during the day and give out free solar powered light in the evening.

Just one catch – at the moment these solar lights are a concept design only.

Indoor Solar Lighting with Flexible Solar Tube Lights

Caimin — Fri, 11 Dec 2009 11:48:57 +0000

Here’s a quick tip if you need a little bit of extra light indoors – flexible solar tube lights. These handy little solar gadgets come with a clip and a gooseneck with a light on the end.

Just attach the clip to a solid surface – the edge of a table, window ledge or the side of a display frame and you’ve got yourself a little extra indoor solar light for very little hassle.

They’re ideal for lighting display cabinets at exhibitions or other venues where you may not have total control over the indoor lighting. Not enough daylight to solar charge? Just recharge the batteries in the normal way.

Solar Street Lights Save $221,000

Caimin — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:21:27 +0000

Most people know that swapping old style on-grid street lighting for solar powered versions will save money. But how much?

Managers at Lockheed Martin’s Orange County campus in Orlando found out when they changed their 25 year old street lights for solar street lighting.

Quoted in the Orlando Sentinel, the campus revealed the 35 new solar street lights will cost about $342,000 over 20 years. That includes purchase price and maintenance – of course there’s no ongoing lighting expense because they’re solar powered.

Sound like a lot? Not when you hear how much traditional street lights would cost. Including new wiring and ongoing electricity bills the cost would have been around $563,000.

The good news a similar savings ratio is available those of us in a residential setting. Even if the cost of a solar street lamp is beyond your budget, lower power solar landscape lights can be an inexpensive ‘in’ to outdoor solar lighting.

Solar Flashlight – Buy One, Donate One

Caimin — Mon, 26 Oct 2009 07:02:46 +0000

BoGoLight is a solar flashlight with a difference. When you purchase one for yourself you can choose to give a second solar flashlight to someone in need. You can even choose the organization you’d like to donate to – whether emergency / humanitarian relief, troop support, healthcare, schools, women’s safety, environment and more.

Each flash light is made to a rugged, durable and waterproof design with a large solar panel down the side of the light for recharging. Prices from $17.99 and up.