Solar Charging Unit and 12 volt lights. Free Power from the Sun

[sirmasterpimp]

Nice man, saw you were building your own panels last time I checked in.......How many watts do you have now ?

[BAZHE]

thank you-great-favored

[Davemademan]

Did you buy that at Harbor Frieght ?

[mixcatcom]

Sure did.. 

-Pete

[drmsravindra]

Is there a way I could use this kind of system for direct lighting, without batteries?

[mixcatcom]

yes but that would be tough, when you need the lights at night, you wouldnt have sun power.

-Pete

[joe18370]

my lights broke ,pick up 5 watt lights at wallmart, for around 9 bucks, you get 3 bulbs ,they work better and give 26 watts of light.

[mixcatcom]

Thanks for the tip!

All the best,

-Pete

[davidrrrd]

hey pet we havent herd about these in a while, and you dident say where you got them or there cost ether, we might need that info dude.

[mixcatcom]

Harbor Frieght.. They are on sale now for $199 comes with everything but the car battery

[pathtoyhwh]

I will have to check back to see the results

[minesapint123]

Very nice. Im taking an interest in this so Ill have to subscribe.

[iwasthatdolphin]

Excellent info my friend...5*****

dolphin

[mixcatcom]

Thanks Dolphin,

This week im getting 4 more cells to add to my setup. I will do more testing with it and post my findings.

Take care,

-Pete

[mixcatcom]

Great point.. I will get some mirrored backing for these.

A great money saver for sure.

-Pete

[gabydewilde]

You need some kind of armature with the bulbs. This way they give only 25% useful light. Half goes into the wall behind them, a quarter goes into the other bulb.

I recently discovered mirror walls just about double the light in a room. It's not cheap but it makes a whole lot of difference and it lasts a long time.

Not sure how they compare to your bulbs but supper LED's only cost about 30 Euro's. (Still need a proper armature)

Good luck!