I have low voltage lighting in the garden, I have a tiki mask I would like to have a low voltage light to shine on its face at night, the ones I have now are way to bright, solar would be ok, any ideas on how to do this?
Lower wattage bulb
Heat resistant paint on the lenses
move fixture further away from the mask
lamps that you can set on your windowsill during the day to charge them and then use in your home in the evening? I know they make garden lights, but it seems this same technology would work for interior lamps as well.
You could certainly use a solar-charged light indoors BUT you would have to make sure it got enough direct solar input to charge the battery. The problem with having the light indoors would be that most windows in a house don’t get enough direct sunlight for a long enough time period to maximize battery life. I do have a portable patio lantern that charges via a solar collector. I can bring it inside and use it but I would have to place it back outdoors to recharge it. Maybe if you had a greenhouse or other indoor area that got enough light all day you could recharge indoors.
What you can do is get a remote solar panel (look in catalogs like www.realgoods.com) and mount it outdoors with a wire running indoors to charge a light inside.
One drawback is that most of the solar lights using current technologies only put out a somewhat low light level for a short period (4 to 6 hours). Moat that I have seen would not be bright enough for reading or to light a whole kitchen.
It’s a good idea, overall, and I think you will eventually see lights of this type widely available as technology improves.
Specifially, I want to make some mini flowers, trees, shrubs, (making a fairy garden. does anyone know of any tutorials online, making fairys without a mold.
Also looking for instrution on making the mini groto, palm trees, rustic baby fairy bed. And a tiny cat that can stand on all fours and look realistic, and owl, bird, bird bath, bird nest rosebush, maybe lilac bushes, orange trees, mini solar yard light, mini swing for a fairy.
Or beach , like sand, shells, water, grasses, starfish etc.
All of these I want to make with the clay accept some parts probably of trees or the grotto or some sea shells.
I did see a nice fairy garden online and it showed how to make the actual planter.
I saw miniatures made mostly for doll houses. I am looking for the outdoor stuff.
So I am hoping there is someone out there that knows of great sites or great books, or dvd’s.
Thank you.
Cookie
Sounds like fun! check out your local library, I’ve been looking for these too and there’s lots of info under Doll House Furniture. I have a faboulous book about Wallace and Gromit, that’s kind of what you’re looking for.
www.cadollhouse.com/madohomiwipo.html
lamps that you can set on your windowsill during the day to charge them and then use in your home in the evening? I know they make garden lights, but it seems this same technology would work for interior lamps as well.
There are a bunch of engineers who have establshed startup companies in the solar powered gizmos niche market.
I found this in the net . They are mostly garden lights (for charging during the day, but they can be moved around for light at night. CHeck out the various shapes. Maybe create something on your own and join this budding industry!
I checked out a local solar roofing company and it seems you can store the energy and reroute it for your own use.
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I have not searched for functional shapes within this site. You can probably explore it further.
