garden led lights and battery
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Can't hurt.
I don't know what makes a solar light battery into that. Wider temp range, or a way to charge extra for low-tech batteries? All the ones I've seen thus far seemed lower capacity than what I'd otherwise buy. But for the application, a 2.4Ahr AA is very likely overkill.
I just replace mine every couple of years. I leave them in the ground year 'round. Loose one or two from the snow shovel, or they otherwise break. I haven't bothered debugging them, as the plastic bits give up the ghost usually.
I don't know what makes a solar light battery into that. Wider temp range, or a way to charge extra for low-tech batteries? All the ones I've seen thus far seemed lower capacity than what I'd otherwise buy. But for the application, a 2.4Ahr AA is very likely overkill.
I just replace mine every couple of years. I leave them in the ground year 'round. Loose one or two from the snow shovel, or they otherwise break. I haven't bothered debugging them, as the plastic bits give up the ghost usually.
Have you opened one up and looked at what's inside? The ones you buy at the home improvement centers tend to have regular AA-sized NiMH batteries. Don't bother going for a huge mA/hr rating like the 2500 mA/hr or larger ones they sell at electronics stores for cameras and the like- the battery will just never fully charge. They make some in the ~800 mA/hr range that seem to work best with my solar garden lights.
Nearly everything I've pulled apart has had a NiCd in them.
Have tried to rejuvinate them on my multi style recharger, and can't get squat (Rezap charger).
expensive answer, grab a NiMH, needs to be charged first.
Cheap as chips answer, grab the half used alkaline out of your TV remote (put new ones in the remote), then put the alkalines in the solar lights.
They last over a year, probably about as long as the NiCd didn't last, and with the type of use, I've only had one in maybe three dozen leak.
Have tried to rejuvinate them on my multi style recharger, and can't get squat (Rezap charger).
expensive answer, grab a NiMH, needs to be charged first.
Cheap as chips answer, grab the half used alkaline out of your TV remote (put new ones in the remote), then put the alkalines in the solar lights.
They last over a year, probably about as long as the NiCd didn't last, and with the type of use, I've only had one in maybe three dozen leak.
I did not know that I had to charge the darn batteries,
I opened one up and it had a NiCd battery as you guys pointed out.
I changed the battery in one dead one and no dice, no light.
So I went ahead and bought a bunch of new ones from costco.
I will make sure I charge the new ones every 3 months.
I opened one up and it had a NiCd battery as you guys pointed out.
I changed the battery in one dead one and no dice, no light.
So I went ahead and bought a bunch of new ones from costco.
I will make sure I charge the new ones every 3 months.
I was trying to get answers about this subject here a few weeks ago and couldn't get any.
Then I found this article.
http://www.yoursolarlink.com/blog/5-main...as-well-as-new/
Then I found this article.
http://www.yoursolarlink.com/blog/5-main...as-well-as-new/
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