How do you attach a solar cell to a light bulb?
I would like to make some simple solar-powered light fixtures for my front porch. Anyone have experience with this?
Well, you’re going to need a battery. This is probably a professional installation if you need to ask. There are a lot of things that can come up.
You’ll need several of them. Have you ever seen the ones on top of school zone lights? You’ll need one bigger to supply lights.
You could probably use LED lights to avoid the DC-AC conversion.
Also, if you want main power as backup power, you’ll need some isolation circuits. Then you need an AC-DC converter for your batteries.
You can see how this is starting to pile up. This isn’t including the work involved in creating fixtures and modifying them appropriately for your house.
Definitely need a battery because what’s the point of a solar powered light that only works during the day… NiMH are the most common, I suppose you could use Lead acid batteries. You’ll need a smart charging circuit too…
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