Solar Security lights

Paul_S

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I wouldn't waste my money on solar powered lights as scattering a bunch of batteries around the property without any temperature control or proper battery management circuits is going to kill any battery very quickly.

If you want a battery backup solution to cater for load shedding at night then having a larger central battery indoors where the temperature can be managed and kept within operating limits and having a decent charger/inverter would last way longer.

If no battery backup solution is required then use day-night sensor bulbs or if you want to save money use a
day-night sensor switch and wire a bunch of lights onto the circuit. Then you can replace standard LED bulbs at R40 to R60 each instead of R120 for the bulbs with the integrated day-night sensors.
 

werfie

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I have Redisson Solar Lights

2 x 200w
5 x 100w

They work quite well. Make sure you place the panel in full sunlight. They last almost the entire night.

They look different than the advert though and I had to send two back that was completely different and didn't work as well as the rest:
 

rph72

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It is the batteries. They are also not all that easy to replace. And the charging circuits are not great.
Busy at the moment with one and found that the charging circuit is the problem which led to battery failure. View attachment 1055981
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Can something be done with the charging circuit? How do you check if it is faulty?
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Geoff.D

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I have decided it is not worth it. The movement sensor is buggered on my one, the Solar panel is not charging all that well. The LED light bank is okay, so I am going to convert it to a normal LED flood light with a simple circuit board I found at AC DC.

The battery is still actually charging so, I am going to use it in another device.
 

Dee96

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Hi, sorry for the thread necro but looking for a motion activated light. It can be AC powered as I am looking to replace my current balcony light.
Any recommendations, preferably from Takealot
 
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