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Hmmph..it does work
popped out the Dead rechargable batteries which turned out to be AA in size and put in some Standard Alkaline AA's and what do ya know it lit up...though not as bright as this picture suggest's...the Photocell even works..though i question the functionality of the four solar cells on the top.
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Hmmph..it does work

popped out the Dead rechargable batteries which turned out to be AA in size and put in some Standard Alkaline AA's and what do ya know it lit up...though not as bright as this picture suggest's...the Photocell even works..though i question the functionality of the four solar cells on the top.

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Album name:Form109 / Misc Fixtures
Keywords:Misc_Fixtures
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Date added:Nov 25, 2011
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streetlight98   [Nov 25, 2011 at 04:20 PM]
Don't use standard alkaline bateries!!!!!!!! Shocked i did that once. The solar cells will recharge it. As you know, standard batteries aren't rechargable, so they leak. That happened to me.

What i do is I buy some rechargeable AA batteries and a 15 HR wall charger. When the solar pad on the light fails to give the battery an ample charge, I put a fully charged battery in and the uncharged battery which was in the solar light is put in the wall charger. I also take my solar lights in the weekend before Thanksgiving. I left them out all winter one year and after the 3 feet of snow melted, the solar lights' metal parts were rusted out and they were usless. you don't have to worry about 3 feet of snow in Texas I hope..... Shocked
Form109   [Nov 25, 2011 at 04:29 PM]
i don't think there's much to worry about,especially since i cut the wires going from the cells to the board. Smile
streetlight98   [Nov 25, 2011 at 05:04 PM]
Ahh. Ok then Embarrassed Laughing I made soem of my LED solar lgiths into flashlgiths before Irene hit. Good thing too....
Form109   [Nov 26, 2011 at 02:04 AM]
how do you make a flashlight out of these things?..they're not very bright. Laughing
streetlight98   [Nov 26, 2011 at 02:32 AM]
i made them out of those Westinghouse mini solar lights. They're more like desk candles but they give off good light. Laughing Check my gallery. i'm sure there's a pic of them under Lights Made by Michael.....
GullWhiz   [Nov 26, 2011 at 03:32 AM]
They still sell the rechargeable batteries in Ace....I also have a low price hardware store near me that sells Ni-MH and Ni-CD batteries

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