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how many volts does a malibu solar garden light produce on a typical day?

admin — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 06:13:08 +0000

i would like to know how many volts a malibu solar garden light or a standard solar garden light produces. below is a link for malibu solar garden light.

http://www.malibulights.com/images/products/LZ1.jpg

(10pts. for best answer)
what is the typical amperage

I’m pretty sure that this is the same light, only shown with a removable top cap:

http://www.malibulights.com/index.php?action=subcategory&did=2&cid=5&sid=13&pid=lz1

http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?storeId=10051&langId=-1&catalogId=10053&productId=100056021&N=10000003+90401

http://www.lowes.com/lowes/lkn?action=productDetail&productId=74768-251-LT406L&lpage=none

As it says on the Home Depot site, the light uses 12V and is 4W.

So, that means there’s 1/3A going through these guys.

Hope this helps!

How do I fix my solar garden light?

admin — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 06:02:53 +0000

I know I’m being very ambiguous, but it does the reverse to what it should. The light glows when the solar panel is in the sun, but not when it’s in the shade.
It’s brand new

Take it back to the store.It should work like this.The solar panel charges the battery during the day light hours,and the lights deplete the charge at night.Then it start all over again.You probably got a bad battery and it’s not holding a charge.The lights glow when it’s in the sun because the solar panel is feeding the lights directly.

How many hours does solar garden lights for light in order for them to come on at night??

admin — Thu, 24 Sep 2009 05:51:37 +0000

Ive had solar garden lights for 2 days now but not to much sun out there… and they are still not on yet?? whats wrong??

I wouldn’t worry too much since you said you have not had much sun.

I copied this from a website…thought you might be interested to know.

The problem with solar garden lights is that they tend to have only a small area of solar cells and a relatively modest battery capacity. The consequences of these shortcomings are that solar garden lights have a reputation for emitting a small amount of light for a short period of time.